Time for a new battery
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well i am going to have to buy a new battery anyhow for the wifes 95 4runner, so i will be getting another optima yellow top. i will put the new one in my truck and one of my older ones in her 4runner.
My wife would not be happy with that arrangement. LOL
ken i know you dont like sears but the platinum series battery's are re-badges odyssey's, go pick up a platinum and a regular battery the platinum weighs twice as much. ihave been hapily using them in 4 of the 80's with no problems even after weeks of no starting
if i were you id stay away from the optimas there just crap I killed 3 yellow tops and red top untill i demanded my money back and threw in a platinum and its been fine ever since.
btw the optimas there now made in Mexico.
if i were you id stay away from the optimas there just crap I killed 3 yellow tops and red top untill i demanded my money back and threw in a platinum and its been fine ever since.
btw the optimas there now made in Mexico.
well if i am paying for it i get to choose where it goes, i just swapped the one from my truck to her prism this morning at 4:30 i am not sure if it is the battery or something wrong with her car.
My 1st Optima was a re-baged Interstate... Had it well over 7 years ago. That damn thing was worth every penny I paid and then some.
It was in at least 5 trucks I had, and I even let it set in the back of a truck for prolly the better part of a year... Put it back in a truck and it fired right up.
Wish I could say good things about the **Newer** red tops, but from what I hear...
Seems like you couldnt lose with a yellow top?
It was in at least 5 trucks I had, and I even let it set in the back of a truck for prolly the better part of a year... Put it back in a truck and it fired right up.
Wish I could say good things about the **Newer** red tops, but from what I hear...
Seems like you couldnt lose with a yellow top?
the other thing i like about the optimas is no corrosion. have not had a problem since i started using them back in 97 i think that is when i bought my first one.
i also had my first yellow top slip against a pulley in my 90 4runner 3 slow and ate a hole right in it i did not notice it but when i did it had corroded that one cell out they replaced it no questions ask.
I have known a lot of wheelers who have had yellow and red tops, and the red tops seem to outdo the yellow. Never seen any benefit to having a yellow and they don't seem to last as long. I have a Mile Marker 9500 powered by a red top on my heavy second gen, and I use my winch without mercy in the deep snow all the time.
well my yellow top is bad! so time to get a new one.
Make sure of the born date....you dont want the 07/08 years
I put my money were my mouth is and bought a sears platinum. Great warranty, not a recycled battery either, 99 percent virgin lead. So far so good bought I think yellow tops are good to. They just extend the warranty.