Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
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What type of battery?
Battery completely dead - 3 volts. Had to go in through the passenger door with the key.
If I have to change the battery, is it a standard lead acid or anything special? Needless to say I wont necessarily be going to my local LR dealer...
9th Dec 2010 8:16 pm
mike23118
Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: North Wales
Posts: 1028
Hi, I put a new one on mine about 2 weeks ago, from www.tayna.co.uk it was a NUMAX 019 delivered for £70ish with 3 year g tee.
Have a good search on tinternet and keep checking this post as most reply's will all be of good sound advice ,Digest it and make an better informed choice
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9th Dec 2010 8:31 pm
marsie
Member Since: 28 Feb 2010
Location: Sheffieldish
Posts: 1807
I had to put a new battery on mine earlier this week.Ended up going for a genuine LR lead calcium replacement(£110) standard fit and its amazing how many little niggles and bongs are fixed now
Paul Previous Discos
1989 200tdi 3dr
1994 300tdi ES
1995 3.9 ES (x3)
2000 4.0 adventurer
2001 4.0 ES
2005 D3 HSE (zambesi silver)
2007 D3 SE (Lugano teal)
2011 D4 XS (Baltic Blue)
2008 D3 HSE PREMIUM (buckingham blue)
2009 D4 XS (Nara bronze)
2006 D3 Metropolis (Java Black)
2012my D4 HSE (indus silver)
2013 D4 XS (Firenze red)
Current 2017 D5 first edition (silicone silver)
9th Dec 2010 10:12 pm
NickJ
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It's the lead 'calcium' bit that gets me, is this a special requirement for the Landy or is this now common to most car batteries?
9th Dec 2010 10:45 pm
Trackman
Member Since: 16 Apr 2010
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 430
Lead Calcium is a lower maintainance more modern lead acid battery.
The charging system (higher voltage) in the D3 is set to cope with this, standard lead acid batteries would require water being added more frequently due to gassing.
I would fit the LR 950cca and you get a 3 year guarntee
Ian.
9th Dec 2010 11:02 pm
NickJ
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Yeah, now that the battery's had a couple of hours on charge and the old girl's back up and running I notice that the charging voltage on tickover is over 15 volts. I didnt expect it to be quite this high, perhaps 14 volts but then only on revving the engine.
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