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Originally Posted by Nognar
Interesting read and thank you.
Seems the battery may not be as good as I thought.
I will swap it round with the one in the A8 and do some further testing.
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My car now starts like an excited puppy, barely a revolution of the starter motor and off she goes, desperate to go somewhere. Before the battery was replaced and after all the 'testing', it was sluggish and took around 8-10 revs of the starter motor. The worst attempt took around 6 seconds, and no wonder really with the Yuasa showing just 8.5V under load when tested.
After the auto electricians recommended a new battery, I took the option of swapping my Yuasa Silver for a spare battery out of a Ford Focus C-Max (no-name brand job). Took a bit of jiggery-pokery as the battery is about half the size and I had to raise it slightly and support it to get the battery terminals clamped. This battery had been sat for 5 months and it fired up the Audi in an instant. I was then able to transport myself and the car in order to get the new Bosch battery fitted.
Cheers.
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2010 B8 S5 Sportback quattro 3.0 Supercharged in Sprint Blue (current girlfriend)
2000 D2 A8L quattro 4.2 in Audi silver (my ex-girlfriend)
