I didn't realise you had stop-start. You DID buy an AGM battery I hope! Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
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200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
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Lunar-Rover wrote:

Changed mine (Tipex Landrover one) only thing I had to reset was the clock.

Past master wrote:

I didn't realise you had stop-start. You DID buy an AGM battery I hope!

An AGM battery is needed to cope with the extra demands of stop-start. I suspect that without this the stop-start won't work. More to the point, I think I have read on here that the charging parameters are different, and that if an AGM battery is replaced by a non-AGM or vice-versa the charging circuit controls in the ECU have to be changed. Anyone more technical got more info on this?

EDIT: For example see SID's comment at http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic27774.html?highlight=agm+battery Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Last edited by Past master on 20th Dec 2017 4:55 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Oh well, at least they now know how to fit the replacement!

EDIT: now replaced with an AGM one. All credit to Halfords for a very quick no-quibble replacement and waived additional cost of the AGM battery. 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
2010 MY FL2 TD4e GS - Now gone at 199,500 miles, about 135,000 of them mine.
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel

Result!  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

OK, next dumb question. Apart from removing the two terminals, do i need to do anything else to lift the battery out. Seems stuck fast. I know it's heavy, and I'm not exactly Mr universe. There is what looks like a metal stalk running down the cavity at one side of the battery with a hexagonal head on top (at battery height), is this a bolt that i need to undo to free the battery? Can't really see where it goes/ends, and it is unwilling to unscrew. I could give it more force, but am afraid of breaking something.

EDIT - sorted.
yes you have to unscrew it.
Made removing the battery very easy (NOT!!!)

Yes that needs unscrewing then it lifts out.

Soz didn't see bottom bit you sorted it.

Glad Halfwords sorted it. I avoided them when I replaced mine simply because they didn't stock the battery rating I was recommended from here. It would seem AGM batteries are still a bit of a mystery despite so many cars being start/stop now. FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…