MK2 golf battery

[jmsheahan]

Bit late to be asking this really as it's what GSF gave me  but is a Bosch silver S3 ok for mk2 golf gti? (53AH stamped on it)

Cheers

[Sam]

Yer should be fine mert. Just had a little poke about cos i have loads of work to do and love to procrastinate and the S3 is for small cars and the s5 from the same line is for big luxury stuff. 

[jmsheahan]

Superb cheers mate.

Long day and just handed over the cash without even thinking to check online first  . Thanks.

[The Mighty Elvi]

That's ok.

The 075 I just ordered is 60 AH and 570 CCA

[Ben Lessani]

IIRC the warranty period and power output is different

S3 is 3 year warranty
S4 is 4 year warranty

ECP used to do the S4 for a Golf for £37.

[jmsheahan]

 my mate put an s4 in his Fiesta yesterday, don't know rating but a much smaller battery size wise. The s3 I bought has a 4 year warrenty.

[Ben Lessani]

my mate put an s4 in his Fiesta yesterday, don't know rating but a much smaller battery size wise. The s3 I bought has a 4 year warrenty.

Yeah, there are not universally larger, S3 isn't a size, but a model. There are still different variants of each S3,S4,S5 (type 063 etc.).

If you've got a 4 year warranty, then you're sorted

[X4MGS]

my mate put an s4 in his Fiesta yesterday, don't know rating but a much smaller battery size wise. The s3 I bought has a 4 year warrenty.

At least you didn't buy GSF's own brand battery - I'm on my second one - this one is not even a month old and is not starting the car properly.... So It's going back so I can get a decent Bosch one....

[Ben Lessani]

my mate put an s4 in his Fiesta yesterday, don't know rating but a much smaller battery size wise. The s3 I bought has a 4 year warrenty.

At least you didn't buy GSF's own brand battery - I'm on my second one - this one is not even a month old and is not starting the car properly.... So It's going back so I can get a decent Bosch one....

Have you checked your alternator and for a parasitic drain? I got pretty good mileage out of my last GSF battery.

[X4MGS]

my mate put an s4 in his Fiesta yesterday, don't know rating but a much smaller battery size wise. The s3 I bought has a 4 year warrenty.

At least you didn't buy GSF's own brand battery - I'm on my second one - this one is not even a month old and is not starting the car properly.... So It's going back so I can get a decent Bosch one....

Have you checked your alternator and for a parasitic drain? I got pretty good mileage out of my last GSF battery.

Yep - All Tested & All Good - Just a sh!te Battery...

My Mate Who Supplied it, is a mechanic with his own workshop and has no end of problems with GSF batteries this winter...