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Originally Posted by swamp snorkler
How old is it?
If its more than 2 or 3 years I'd ditch it and get a new one.
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its 3 years old, 2012
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Originally Posted by kibb
There's only one option I would explore. That is desulfate the plates if you have a charger available to do so. A lot of the newer portable, electronic chargers have this mode. It will break the buildup on the plates letting the battery accept more of a charge.
There's no way I would rely on it as my cranking battery. Some of the newer engine electronics are susceptible to damage due to low battery voltages.
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I was just talking with my dealer about that today, he said this:
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The reason the factory wants an 850 CCA battery is so that the voltage stays high enough for proper initialization of the ECU while cranking. A smaller battery will still crank OK, but the voltage will drop during cranking, and the computer may not initialize correctly. Likewise, if it's very cold (winter fishing), the specs call for a 1000-amp battery, because batteries don't deliver the amps as well when cold, and the oils are more viscous in cold weather, causing the voltage to drop more during cranking. A good group-27 starting battery should be adequate; few, if any group-24 batteries will be adequate. Better yet would be a group-31 start battery.
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so I guess I need to replace it with a 27 series battery. the prices aren't much different (maybe $20 more then the 24 series) but that means that now I need to rearrange things and redo the battery holding brackets in my rear seat storage to fit the bigger battery in there