Hey everyone,
I need some information on what battery is SPECIFICALLY recommended for my car. I wish my owner's manual would give me the recommended battery but it doesn't. I can't find this simple piece of information on my car anywhere on the Net and so you guys are my last hope!
I have a 1989 Nissan Sentra (4-cylinder, two door) and I been to another website and it says I should get a new battery based on the voltage output of my vehicle's charging system. The problem is, I don't know what that is!!! Also, it says the second most important consideration is that the battery's CCA rating meets or slightly exceeds, my car's OEM cranking requirement. Again, I don't know what this is!!! And, lastly, the last consideration is the RC (Reserve Capacity) and it says that "more RC is better in every case!"
I asked the guy at PepBoys which one I should get and he tells me I should get either a $70 Energizer or the $55 ProStart Premium. The guy at Sears said I can go with his $60 DieHard Silver (Group 35). How do I even know if these are the right ones? I don't plan on keeping this car for much longer, even though it only has 61,000 miles on it (I know, I know), so I just want the cheapest, simplist battery out there. But, I don't want to get a battery that is wrong for my car. I know these guys just punched it into their computers and the computer is going to spit out a battery that is the most expensive. I just want the battery recommended for my car, that's it!!!
In case this helps, the battery I have now in my car was bought five years ago from PepBoys...a ProStart Plus for $59.99 and from what the guy at PepBoys told me, it was 450 to 500 CCA's! Don't know if that is right or not!
As for weather conditions, it only gets to be about 95 degrees here at the hottest but this winter, it's been 0 degrees for the last couple of days, and so I guess the age of my battery plus the weather had something to do with my dead battery (the white fluffy deposits on the battery should have been a clue to me last summer that the battery was dying, eh?)
Any help from anyone out there is greatly appreciated! If you have the EXACT recommendation from the guys at Nissan as to what battery I am suppose to get for my '89 Sentra, please reply!
Thanks!
I need some information on what battery is SPECIFICALLY recommended for my car. I wish my owner's manual would give me the recommended battery but it doesn't. I can't find this simple piece of information on my car anywhere on the Net and so you guys are my last hope!
I have a 1989 Nissan Sentra (4-cylinder, two door) and I been to another website and it says I should get a new battery based on the voltage output of my vehicle's charging system. The problem is, I don't know what that is!!! Also, it says the second most important consideration is that the battery's CCA rating meets or slightly exceeds, my car's OEM cranking requirement. Again, I don't know what this is!!! And, lastly, the last consideration is the RC (Reserve Capacity) and it says that "more RC is better in every case!"
I asked the guy at PepBoys which one I should get and he tells me I should get either a $70 Energizer or the $55 ProStart Premium. The guy at Sears said I can go with his $60 DieHard Silver (Group 35). How do I even know if these are the right ones? I don't plan on keeping this car for much longer, even though it only has 61,000 miles on it (I know, I know), so I just want the cheapest, simplist battery out there. But, I don't want to get a battery that is wrong for my car. I know these guys just punched it into their computers and the computer is going to spit out a battery that is the most expensive. I just want the battery recommended for my car, that's it!!!
In case this helps, the battery I have now in my car was bought five years ago from PepBoys...a ProStart Plus for $59.99 and from what the guy at PepBoys told me, it was 450 to 500 CCA's! Don't know if that is right or not!
As for weather conditions, it only gets to be about 95 degrees here at the hottest but this winter, it's been 0 degrees for the last couple of days, and so I guess the age of my battery plus the weather had something to do with my dead battery (the white fluffy deposits on the battery should have been a clue to me last summer that the battery was dying, eh?)
Any help from anyone out there is greatly appreciated! If you have the EXACT recommendation from the guys at Nissan as to what battery I am suppose to get for my '89 Sentra, please reply!
Thanks!