Dat batt thread.

[Manaz]

im assuming a batt that takes up the whole tray is not going to be needing any bolting down

To assume is to make an ass of u and me.

You don't want a battery that isn't tied down. That's a lot of weight to have deciding it's no longer part of the car and is a free agent to move as its own momentum dictates...

[petemac110]

If I remember rightly it is part of a roadworthy to ensure the battery is securely restrained correctly.
Only a fool would not use the bracket

You are indeed correct.

It’s a favourite target of the police when issuing defect notices.

[amunra]

To assume is to make an ass of u and me.

You don't want a battery that isn't tied down. That's a lot of weight to have deciding it's no longer part of the car and is a free agent to move as its own momentum dictates...

will have to see when it arrives

[amunra]

If I remember rightly it is part of a roadworthy to ensure the battery is securely restrained correctly.

i actually missed this little bit . couldnt find anything online after seeing this.... actually just want to see how an 80ah batt fits in that tray might need to make something custom or even get a bigger tray if possible.. not sure if itll fit in the engine bay but it might

[Guest001]

thats imaginative !

And also possible if battery is in engine compartment

[amunra]

after trying the large batt in the oem tray looks like it gets stopped from going into the space properly by the airbox connection / grommet in the corner .... which they designed to cut into the room of the tray instead of being 90'.. which sucks

[amunra]

had a crack at modifying my OEM tray with the help of my trusty battery handsaw, smallish and sharp flathead and rubber mallet (to chisel) and managed to clear enough real estate from inside the tray to fit my new 80ah battery.. it fits exactly where i was hoping it would before i bought it... but had to make sure i removed all weird looking plastic bits of the inside of the walls and make everything as 90' as possible .. and completely remove 2 side wall corner plastic bits at driver side of the tray that blocked it from being securely slid / pushed back under the lock into place...

also cut off whatever was blocking on the airbox connector (didnt need much work).. put it all back together with the airbox and fits fine just to test.. had to remove it all again

waiting on bracket options to arrive will see what works best . will need more modding on the tray to get the bracket on

[amunra]

Update - Hillbilly can sleep well tonight knowing there will be no batteries flying at random kids heads while driving.

[amunra]

this is with the airbox and lid on . with all lid screws all fastened . for you guys to see how it all fits.. please excuse the intake hose clamp being off.. it wont be driven like that

[Micky 32]

My father recently changed the battery (Varta) on his B6 Passat. It lasted exactly 15 years

[Manaz]

My father recently changed the battery (Varta) on his B6 Passat. It lasted exactly 15 years

Wow. Varta definitely had a good reputation back in the day, but that is amazing.

Not sure you'd buy a battery these days that would last that long.

[Guest001]

My father recently changed the battery (Varta) on his B6 Passat. It lasted exactly 15 years

Sounds like an Irish folktale . I would approach the Guinness book of records for that one. We got 7 years out of the Polo one and thought that was good.

[Micky 32]

Wow. Varta definitely had a good reputation back in the day, but that is amazing.

Not sure you'd buy a battery these days that would last that long.

My partner has a Toyota Auris. That came fitted with Varta. That one lasted 11 years. I think she would have gotten a bit longer but she has a habit of leaving the lights on. The battery eventually failled when she left her headlights on all day. It never recovered after that. I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did lol

[Micky 32]

My 5 year old Passat with stop start came with a Varta AGM. It now reads about 40/50% SOH on a conductance tester. It still starts fine but in cold weather the starter can sound a bit groggy and sometimes i get errors flashing on the dash for a split second. It has been like that for the last 2 years. It never got any worse. The start stop system works perfectly fine too.
The funny thing is it has lots of reserve capacity left. If you left lights on for a longtime it won’t fail to start. It just seems to suffer from voltage drop when cranking in cold weather. Seems to be a characteristic of AGM’s when they age. I found that with normal lead acid batteries that have aged it’s the opposite. Good cranking power but no reserve capacity, for example if you left your lights on for 10 minutes or radio for half an hour the car won’t start.

[amunra]

My father recently changed the battery (Varta) on his B6 Passat. It lasted exactly 15 years

Luck of the irish