Vauxhall Corsa - How to check my battery

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Fri 27 May 2011 21:04
Vauxhall Corsa - How to check my battery - beanstalker

The battery in my 2007 Corsa is not the original and the replacement has both "green eye" and unscrewable tops for the cells; bizarre? There is a cover over the positive terminal so three of the caps are under that. A car battery specialist has told me that I will need to reset my radio codes if I take the cover off! Its obviously no good only checking 3 of the cells and I do not fancy resetting the radio codes each time I check the battery. I am tempted to simply rely on the green eye and forget about checking the cells. I wish the battery was what it should be, fully maintenance free but as it isnt does anyone have any tips on how to make this normally very easy check?

Thanks,

Ted Robertson.

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Fri 27 May 2011 23:29
Vauxhall Corsa - How to check my battery - elekie&a/c doctor

Modern batteries are virtually maintenance free,so unless you have a specific reason for opening the cells,I would leave it alone.If you are worried about the type of battery fitted,then buy yourself a genuine Vauxhall battery which is totally sealed for life.Not as expensive as you may think and certainly cheaper than Halfords.I think the smallest type now made for this model is 50ah.It is not necessary to reset the radio code on these late model corsa as the code is held in the vehicle electronics.hth

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Sat 28 May 2011 09:33
Vauxhall Corsa - How to check my battery - Victorbox

I haven't checked a cell in a battery for 30 years, not since Vauxhall batteries came with the green magic eye thingy. If a low maintenance battery runs dry it's usually faulty anyway. I suspect the cover over the positive connection is simply clipped into place - usually two stubs that push fit down into holes in the battery body in the case of a genuine GM battery.

Edited by Victorbox on 28/05/2011 at 09:38

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