2013 Persona Project..

At HybridPit. Engine Transplant. More to come.

 

Long story, short…

Dropped off Wednesday morning.
Car prepped Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, and it was full speed ahead!
Old engine out!
New engine in!
Done!

Friday Testing!
Everything checks out!
Drove back to Northern Cali!
330 mile drive & my car lives another day!

Thank you Hybrid Pit! My car is back on track!

Before:




After!

 

Because I wasn’t driving my car when I had the head gasket problem (before the engine transplant), I drained the car’s 12 Volt Battery just before my trip to Hybrid Pit.

I was able to jump the car with a battery jump pack. Also before the trip, I connected it to a battery charger , settings at 12 volt, AGM, and at 2 amps. The battery charger fully charged the car’s 12 volt battery before my trip to Hybrid Pit.

This is my second 12 volt battery, installed on July 2020. This is almost 4 years old. The original 12 volt battery (lasted 7 years), never drained itself. This was the first time it’s ever happened. Granted this was the longest time it sat and not being driven.

I ended up purchasing a battery charger to see how much longer I could keep it.



It charged it to a full charge twice but on the 3rd and 4th try, I never got the green fully charged light , so I thought the battery was compromised.

to verify this, I purchased a battery tester from Clore Automotive and these were the following test results.








After these results, I’m charging the battery again. Let’s see if I can get it back to a full charge.

 

After 6-1/2 hours, finally got the complete full charge with the green light.

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Kept it plugged it and see what happens.

12 volt battery states to get it fully charged within 10 hours. I will unplug after 3-1/2 hours.

I’m testing it out because I did this battery charge overnight (twice), while I was asleep and when I woke up after the battery was charging just under 10 hours, the battery charger was still on charging mode, amber light.

 

The manual did show this


I’m currently in n Phase 5.

Based on the chart, when I had it charging overnight, the charger was in Phase 7. All I saw was an amber light with no green light.

 

The battery is almost 4 years old. I would think the warranty has already ended.

 

Yes , the CCA test result came in lower than what is shown on the battery at CCA 325.

the SOC is at 72% and the SOH is at 95%, so hoping the battery still has some decent usable life.

But maybe it is time for a new battery.

 

Just went to the dealer. Yes it’s 84 months.

This same dealer installed the battery for me.

They said in order to honor the 84 months warranty, the battery has to fail through their own battery tester.

Secondly, they said if it does fail, they will pro rate it for however many months it failed before the 84 months.

Thirdly , in order for this to happen, the dealer has to install it and the customer has to pay the dealership the $245 labor for install.

It’s crazy how this works. Nuts!

To be fair, if the battery failed within 2 years of purchase, then they replace the battery for free and no labor cost.

 

I called another dealership. I spoke to a parts department specialist and they said the same thing. If the battery was purchased from a dealership and their testing holds true that the battery has failed, the battery will be replace or pro rated regardless of who installed it.

They considered my situation and this dealership is willing to have me take the battery to them, even though the battery was not purchased from them.

if their tests proves that the battery is defective, they will not pro rate it , but even better, the parts specialist said that they will replace it with a new battery at no charge. I give them the bad battery and they will give me a new one.

I couldn’t believe that they would go out of their way to accommodate my situation.

This will all happen next week. Let’s see the outcome.

I will probably be taking my car here for future parts, maintenance and services.