My car battery died yesterday, and I got a diehard battery at Sear
today. However, the physical dimension of the battery does not appear
to be the same as the dimension of the original battery that came with
car. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Call the local VW dealer's service department and/or check your owner's
manual.

"livewell" <k_phan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Nor does it have to be. As long as the CCA is the same or greater
than the old one, you are all set.

On Nov 2, 4:25 pm, Dave <d... (AT) boohoohoo (DOT) com> wrote:
Thank you. Your reply is very helpful. The new battery CCA is
definitely much greater than the old one. My only concern is that
since the new one with smaller physical dimension than the old one, it
may move around when the car is moving.

VW used batteries of several different physical sizes so as long as the CCA
is equal or greater you will be OK>


"livewell" <k_phan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

"livewell" <k_phan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Probably doesn't apply to your car, but here goes. 88 Fox wagon. Famous
parts provider/retailer provided replacement. The battery tray had no hold
down bracket. Replacement seemed a wee bit taller. Battery tray is under
aft end of hood, sitting midway between center and passenger side. After
swapping batteries, going down the (rough) road in a residential area,
engine stopped running. Smoke under hood. Battery positive terminal had
made contact with hood. Didn't last long as the positive cable burned in
two. The plastic protector that was on the positive side battery terminal
was nowhere to be found.

After repairing the hood, triple coating the underside damaged hood area
with 1 coat primer and 3 coats of paint, and replacing the positive end
cable, replaced the battery. Same outlet. They confirmed they sold me the
wrong battery. Replacement was about a .5" shorter. Made all the
difference.
--
Jonny

On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:43:00 GMT, "Jonny" <spamyourself (AT) blackworm (DOT) net>
wrote:

It did when it came from teh factory...

Not a surprise...

You have put in the clamp, right?

"PeterD" <peter2 (AT) hipson (DOT) net> wrote

Sorry, no inline responses from me. Car didn't come with a hold down for
the battery. Haven't found one. Its a one side jobber per the Bentley
manual.
Exposed metal/rust from the hood reenforcement along with the too tall
battery were both contributing factors. Problem occurred almost decade ago.
2 batteries since. No problems. Many a rough road since. Said it probably
didn't apply, what's your problem?
--
Jonny

You're driving around with a loose battery? Good luck!