ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
Location: Wrexham / Shropshire Border
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My battery has gone flat on my corsa with xe engine in and canot be revived. It was the same battery as when it had the 1.4 16v engine in ( an 063 battery ).
Just wondered have people gone for a bigger sized battery when they have put a xe in or will another 063 be ok again?
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: Scholar Green, Cheshire
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I had to change mine the other day i used a corsa diesel battery, its about as big as you can fit on the tray
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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ive just got a bosch silver on mine and its fine.left it in the car while it was off the road when i was doing my last rebuild.built it all up and fired first time.
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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yeh that was a killwer with mine as i only get to drive it at weekends. would a 065 battery fir and do the job?
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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yes
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phil_sutton
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Registered: 8th Sep 07
Location: Nottingham
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a corsa battery will do as long as it is in good working order.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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I think I have a 2.0 Battery in mine haha!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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quote: Originally posted by ed_jones
yeh that was a killwer with mine as i only get to drive it at weekends. would a 065 battery fir and do the job?
i only drive mine at weekend and it was off the road for over a month before but the battery was still ok and didnt need charging/jumping
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
Location: Croydon, Greater London
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mine died the other day and that was the origenal 1.4 16v battery, went and put a 440ah in there and its fine
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