Battery cover

(16-12-2012 12:29pm)mark_n Wrote:  I lost two when I first removed the battery cover. Impossible to retrieve even if I knew where they went. Now replaced.

I think the manual says special tools are required to replace the battery which may be more to do with the battery monitoring hardware than the physical replacement. As for what's involved, I do not know, I expect Halfords will not want to touch them and the "official" LR battery will be "reassuringly expensive".

Re: Charging the battery. Is the clamping on of a trickle charger to the battery going to upset the car's elaborate charging system? Re: Changing the battery......I have to assume that the large alloy engine bay stiffener/cross beam must have to be unbolted to change the battery? I cannot imagine the battery can be slid out from underneath it. Looks like a big job though I hope I will not need to change the battery for many years. My 8 year old Mercedes SLK was recently sold with its original battery in good order. I know the SLK had far less in terms of electronics systems, but that battery did have to power the folding roof hydraulic pump, plus heated seats and heated airscarf neck heaters, etc.

I'm thinking I might stick my optimate trickle charger on mine for a day before I go back offshore as the eco stop/start has not cut in once in the last 2 1/2 weeks but then again pretty much every journey has had heated seats/wheel on. Problem is you can't lock the car without closing the bonnet on the cable

Yeah I have hard wired a ctek panel mount socket to the battery for this purpose.

Hi, apologies if this has already been covered, but I've spent hours looking for an answer to my question but no luck!
I had to take off my battery cover to help a neighbour in distress, and so took off the clips (lost two of them), but I can't get them back on!
How do you put back these clips? Common sense tells me there's a trick to these oddly shaped clips. Can anyone help?

Hi there Maxine, you have to pull the top part of the battery clip (the bit with the sort of cross on it) up as far as it will go away from the bottom part of the clip. Then you pop it the bottom bit into the hole and push the top bit down again (you may also need to turn it to tighten it) and lock it into place. Hope this helps.

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You can buy them on EBay too, (just search for Evoque battery clips) if you need to replace them. Cable ties will do until you get new ones.

Paula

Thank you Paula! Yes, it helps so much!! I couldn't even find that info in the vehicle handbook, so it's priceless!
I didn't want to set off on a motorway journey without the cover on so thanks so much for taking the time to respond

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The neighbour took them off so I didn't see how they worked, just in case you thought I was a bit dim

No worries Maxine! That's what the forum is here for! Glad it helped you out, ..you helped your neighbour out, so just paying it back a little!

Paula x