[A4] battery group

[Peter Kirby]

Maybe the Canadian A4 gets the diesel battery even though it's gas:

http://www.tayna.co.uk/item/1644/2984/Type-110-Varta-Blue-Dynamic-Car-Battery-12V-80Ah-Short-Code-F17-Varta-DIN-580-122-072-page1.html

Does anyone know the North American group # for the diesel battery
then?  Canadian Tire

Thanks.

Peter
On 1/24/07, sdewitt at stx.rr.com <sdewitt at stx.rr.com> wrote:
>
> AFAIK there are only 2 batteries for all the B5 A4's in the world, one for
> diesel and one for gas. i buy all my batteries from the dealer. One for a
> 1.8t costs me about 80 bucks and fitment is guaranteed.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T. Jackson" <Mancubus99 at hotmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 12:29 pm
> Subject: Re: [A4] battery group
> To: 'Peter Kirby' <4pkirby at gmail.com>, 'A4qList' <a4 at audifans.com>
>
> > Sorry, I don't know the group per se but I do know that the
> > batteries for
> > these cars are hard to find in stock anywhere. Here's my
> > experience from a
> > few weeks ago:
> >
> > Leaving work one night I found the car was nearly impossible to
> > start, the
> > sure sign of a dead battery. Driving on the highway for 30
> > minutes and then
> > trying to start the car again confirmed this so I decided to
> > replace the
>  > battery ASAP to avoid problems the next day. I ended up going to
> > about 6
> > different auto stores. At each store I had to set my Turbo Timer
> > to 10
> > minutes while I ran in to see if they had any batteries in stock.
> > At the
> > 5th store I ended up taking a minute too long so the car turned
> > off on me
> > and wouldn't start. I didn't have jumper cables so I had to call
> > CAA. When
> > speaking to CAA they told me that the person who gives the boost
> > has an
> > inventory of batteries and one would most likely fit my car. When
> > the CAA
> > truck arrived he too checked his stock and discovered that he
> > didn't have
> > one so he gave me a boost and sent me on my way.
> >
> > My last stop was Sears. They had the battery, or at least the
> > computer said
> > they did so I let the turbo timer run its course. 15 minutes
> > later they
>  > told me that they couldn't find it in the inventory! I urged them
> > to look
> > again and another 15 minutes later they found the battery. I
> > didn't have
> > any tools on me so I asked them if they could replace the battery
> > for me.
> > They quoted $75 to change the battery! $25 was for pushing my car
> > to the
> > shop and $50 for the labor. Apparently they have an agreement with
> > the mall
> > that they cannot work on cars in the parking lot (so they say). I
> > ended up
> > buying a craftsman ratchet set that was on sale for $9.99 and
> > changed the
> > battery myself under the parking lot light.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: a4-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:a4-bounces at audifans.com] On
> > Behalf Of
> > Peter Kirby
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:32 PM
> > To: A4qList
>  > Subject: [A4] battery group
> >
> > I have a Canadian spec A4 1.8t that had a failing battery. Can
> > anyone
> > confirm the right battery group for that car? The shop replaced
> > it with
> > one that is quite a bit shorter (group 48 or 91, I think) and had
> > to rig
> > up a clamp to hold it down. The original is quite a bit longer
> > and
> > seems to me to be a group 49 but this number doesn't agree with
> > anyone's
> > cross reference chart.
> >
> > The original battery had a complicated angled tie-down clamp that
> > bolted
> > in the front passenger side corner of the battery (right next to
> > where
> > the ground strap is bolted), whereas the replacement battery is
> > clamped
> > at the rear passenger side (like in Bentley W 27-1).
> >
> > I have a feeling that the Canadian cars have the larger battery.
> >
>  > Does anyone know the right size for the Canadian market?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Peter
> > 2001 A4 1.8tq
> >
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