You are looking for a 94RAGM.Well, looks like my battery is finally on its last legs after 150K miles. Does anybody have the correct part number for the battery? I went to gmpartsnow.com but they don't list a part number.
Tomko?I suggest that you look at Odyssey. It is the best battery on the market.
I'm not aware of an ownership change but I do know that there was somekind of internal politics that developed within the parent company Enersys with the losers moving to Northstar. Since then Northstar has come on pretty strong to challenge Odyssey and I suspect are paying spiffs to the frontline people to increase their footprint.Tomko?
I'm not so sure about the Odyssey recommendation anymore.....I'm hearing lots of premature failure stories from the collector crowd.
I cannot substantiate, but the rumor mill has a story of ownership change around five years ago.
But something has changed.....lots of self discharge stories.
Coming from the average consumer, I would tend to discount, but coming from folks that keep and preserve vehicles, I give a fair amount of credibility to.
Rob
you dont deal with extreme enough temps to worry aboot itI was out of town and at the mercy of the local dealership. They told me about the 88864542 94RAGM but ended up putting in 88864065. It seems like the 94RAGM is 800 CCA but the 88864065 is 765 CCA. I am pretty sure it will work fine, but I am not sure if there will be a difference in extreme cold starting.
Any of you battery experts have an opinion on the substitution?
By the way, it has been cranking slow all week but in the morning it almost didn't start the car. The transmission got stuck in first gear for a couple minutes. I figured that the computer didn't have enough juice to tell the transmission to shift. I know that low voltage can cause issues like that.
True. The most extreme I will ever see is still probably 20-30 degrees warmer than what you get regularly.you dont deal with extreme enough temps to worry aboot it
i recommend anyone travelling to have one of those portable power pack battery jumpers anyways....they work awesome, watched neighbor start his duramax with one...almost fits in your pocket
does your car sit for longer periods, iirc youre using the car way oftenTrue. The most extreme I will ever see is still probably 20-30 degrees warmer than what you get regularly.
I agree these are folks who fall into the category of more knowledgeable than most. And so we should listen as carefully as possible to them.I'm hearing lots of premature failure stories from the collector crowd.
I cannot substantiate, but the rumor mill has a story of ownership change around five years ago.
But something has changed.....lots of self discharge stories.
Coming from the average consumer, I would tend to discount, but coming from folks that keep and preserve vehicles, I give a fair amount of credibility to.
Rob
So, do we know what brand or who makes the battery in our diesel???For myself in sticking with Odyssey as my recommended no-compromise battery of choice until I have evidence of a superior option.
I saw that issue on my wife's van a few weeks ago from low voltage. We were up in Minnesota, and the alternator began to intermittently quit, getting progressively worse over the course of 100 miles or so until complete failure. During the last 50 miles or so, I began to have shifting problems of various kinds as the TCM was getting starved for voltage.I was out of town and at the mercy of the local dealership. They told me about the 88864542 94RAGM but ended up putting in 88864065. It seems like the 94RAGM is 800 CCA but the 88864065 is 765 CCA. I am pretty sure it will work fine, but I am not sure if there will be a difference in extreme cold starting.
Any of you battery experts have an opinion on the substitution?
By the way, it has been cranking slow all week but in the morning it almost didn't start the car. The transmission got stuck in first gear for a couple minutes. I figured that the computer didn't have enough juice to tell the transmission to shift. I know that low voltage can cause issues like that.
It rarely site for more than a couple days at a time.does your car sit for longer periods, iirc youre using the car way often
Did the alternator light come on to indicate failure? A faulty alternator had crossed my mind with 150K miles on it, but I never got any indications of charging issues.I saw that issue on my wife's van a few weeks ago from low voltage. We were up in Minnesota, and the alternator began to intermittently quit, getting progressively worse over the course of 100 miles or so until complete failure. During the last 50 miles or so, I began to have shifting problems of various kinds as the TCM was getting starved for voltage.
