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Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby vedesh » January 7th, 2019, 2:25 pm

What battery would you all recommend for 2013 Mini Cooper S?
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Re: Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby sweeks » January 8th, 2019, 8:53 am

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Re: Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby MG Man » January 8th, 2019, 1:26 pm

vedesh wrote:What battery would you all recommend for 2013 Mini Cooper S?


it depends on how the car is configured
If you have auto start / stop, chances are the car has an AGM (absorbent gas mat) deep cycle battery
If you put in a lead acid battery, you will have to go into the ecu via maintenance software and tell the car you changed to lead-acid when you register the battery. You won't get the same service life as you would with an AGM battery though
If the car currently has a lead-acid battery, you just need to register the new one.

I bought a stinger AGM for my 2009 R56 last year. No issues whatsoever

Regardless of what battery you choose, you will need to register the battery with the ECU so the car knows it has a new battery. Failure to do so will potentially lead to overcharging, as the car will think it's charging a dying battery

In all my euros, including a 2013 Focus and my previous R50 Cooper, I used batteries from Price Smart with zero issues

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Re: Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby vedesh » January 8th, 2019, 1:50 pm

MG Man wrote:
vedesh wrote:What battery would you all recommend for 2013 Mini Cooper S?


it depends on how the car is configured
If you have auto start / stop, chances are the car has an AGM (absorbent gas mat) deep cycle battery
If you put in a lead acid battery, you will have to go into the ecu via maintenance software and tell the car you changed to lead-acid when you register the battery. You won't get the same service life as you would with an AGM battery though
If the car currently has a lead-acid battery, you just need to register the new one.

I bought a stinger AGM for my 2009 R56 last year. No issues whatsoever

Regardless of what battery you choose, you will need to register the battery with the ECU so the car knows it has a new battery. Failure to do so will potentially lead to overcharging, as the car will think it's charging a dying battery

In all my euros, including a 2013 Focus and my previous R50 Cooper, I used batteries from Price Smart with zero issues



Thanks for the info. I bought one of the maintenance free battery from Price Smart just need to do the battery registration now. Current battery in car has VRLA/AGM on it.

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Re: Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby MG Man » January 8th, 2019, 2:54 pm

be sure they change it in the ECU from AGM to lead-acid
Keep in mind, because it's not AGM, the alternator will run differently
With AGM, the alternator basically does nothing until the charge dips to a pre-determined point. At that point, the alternator will kick in and recharge it. You can't do that type of drain and charge with lead acid, so the alternator will basically be 'on' and charging all the time...puts a bit more load on the alternator when you run lead-acid
The stinger battery was about $1,100 which to me was wasn't bad

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Re: Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby vedesh » January 8th, 2019, 5:40 pm

MG Man wrote:be sure they change it in the ECU from AGM to lead-acid
Keep in mind, because it's not AGM, the alternator will run differently
With AGM, the alternator basically does nothing until the charge dips to a pre-determined point. At that point, the alternator will kick in and recharge it. You can't do that type of drain and charge with lead acid, so the alternator will basically be 'on' and charging all the time...puts a bit more load on the alternator when you run lead-acid
The stinger battery was about $1,100 which to me was wasn't bad



Do you know anyone that can do the battery registration?

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Re: Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby Krystal Car Part Imports » May 15th, 2019, 11:12 pm

vedesh wrote:
MG Man wrote:be sure they change it in the ECU from AGM to lead-acid
Keep in mind, because it's not AGM, the alternator will run differently
With AGM, the alternator basically does nothing until the charge dips to a pre-determined point. At that point, the alternator will kick in and recharge it. You can't do that type of drain and charge with lead acid, so the alternator will basically be 'on' and charging all the time...puts a bit more load on the alternator when you run lead-acid
The stinger battery was about $1,100 which to me was wasn't bad



Do you know anyone that can do the battery registration?
Yes I know someone. 4780106

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Re: Mini Cooper battery Recommendation

Postby MG Man » May 15th, 2019, 11:29 pm

vedesh wrote:
MG Man wrote:be sure they change it in the ECU from AGM to lead-acid
Keep in mind, because it's not AGM, the alternator will run differently
With AGM, the alternator basically does nothing until the charge dips to a pre-determined point. At that point, the alternator will kick in and recharge it. You can't do that type of drain and charge with lead acid, so the alternator will basically be 'on' and charging all the time...puts a bit more load on the alternator when you run lead-acid
The stinger battery was about $1,100 which to me was wasn't bad



Do you know anyone that can do the battery registration?


sht, now seeing this
Yeah, my mech is a MINI specialist and has the factory software to talk to the car. PM me for deets

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