Why put the battery in the boot???

[nasty1]

problem sounds familiar.....

had a vn ss that once got hot it would not turn over till it cooled down.....put new starter motor in and it was fine like what one guy said up above

 

[budgieVH]

I hace the same problem in mu vh.same 5ltr engine.. If its cold starts fine once i take car for drive wont crank.... Leace it for fee hours come back and its all sweet

 

[Sik_Cordz]

yer its called engine heat soak. same thing in my old vk. did a reco on the starter and fine

uwishn you got any close up pics of the battery mounted.

 

[Ryback]

ryback- my battery is not in the boot for that reason,i brought a battery holder and mounted it in the engine bay as can be seen on my vl thread.
also post a thread up of you're vl, reaper will love it lol.

Thanks for this...And nice car

 

[87RB30VL]

reaper will love it lol.

Lol I want to see this thread posted too for some Reaper Rage.

 

[Walkinshaw1983]

Just got myself a real nice VL Walkinshaw rep. running a 5l manual out of a 98 SS Commodore running a clubsport management system.

The issue is the batter is been moved to the boot when the upgrade was done last year so when cold the "Beast" (as my 4 year old boy calls it) starts well every time without miss. Get it up to running temp and it a whole different story.

It tries to start but just sounds like a flat battery, if i leave it for 30min, still sounds like a flat battery still but will start.

Car has a new (X large) battery, auto sparkie says it not pulling the amps when hot, standed problem with putting battery in the boot he said.

Looking at putting battery back under the hood, can anyone tell me why this seems to be the "in" thing with v8's and should i leave it there or move it back.


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[Walkinshaw1983]

Old post I know but the reason people put the battery in the boot with VL's when converting to fuel injected is because on V8 body's the battey tray is were the airbox is, had they used the 6 cylinder body the battery tray is on the other side.

 

[keith reed]

Battery World told me that most modern cars have their batteries in the boot. They said that batteries last longer due to being
away from the heat of the engine. I put my battery in the spare wheel well of my vh. No way I would get an 18' wheel in there.
I had originally change the battery from the front left to the front right so the air cleaner for the fuel injection would fit. My main
reason was to distribute the weight better.

 

[Brettly-2008]

You only have to look at VE Commodores, batteries in the boot from standard. I've had my Statesman for four years and the batter has lasted that whole time and it wasn't even new when I bought it. If people can't make batteries in the boot work they're not trying hard enough.