Geely battery replacement in Al Taawun

Geely puts the 12V battery under the bonnet, on one side of the engine bay, usually beneath a plastic cover with the fuse and relay box next to it. The Monjaro and Tugella pack the bay tightly, so an air duct or cover section normally comes off first. None of this needs the car moved or lifted. In a basement the technician needs the bonnet up and about a door's width beside one front wing; on a podium deck in summer the work is done quickly, because the bay and the old battery are both very hot.

The Emgrand, with its 1.5 litre non-turbo engine, usually takes a 45 to 60 Ah flooded battery. The Coolray's three-cylinder turbo normally has start-stop and a 60 to 70 Ah EFB or AGM. The Tugella and Monjaro, both 2.0 turbo, usually sit at 70 to 80 Ah and should be treated as AGM cars unless the fitted battery says otherwise. Okavango and Azkarra batteries depend on whether the car is a mild hybrid. For every Geely the technician reads the label on the old battery and matches type, capacity and terminal side.

July and August highs in Sharjah sit around 42 to 43 C, and a Geely on an open podium deck or in a street bay off Al Taawun Street soaks in that all day. Battery chemistry ages roughly twice as fast for every 10 C rise, so the damage is done in summer even when the failure shows up in a cooler month. Late-summer nights by Khalid Lagoon are humid as well as hot, so the engine bay never cools. A free test before June gives a fair idea of how much life yours has left for the season.