Aug 13 2009

car battery leaking battery acid

Published by admin at 3:27 am under Uncategorized

Sounds like you have a dangerous situation here. One way for a battery to squirt out acid is
if the vehicles alternator is overcharging . Should be charging below 14.5 volts. You can use
a multi meter to check this yourself . Just start the engine and connect the meter to the two terminals on the battery.
There are some local garages that may offer to do this check for
you as a courtesy.  The other way for this to happen is, if there is a crack in the battery . Look around the battery to see if it is installed properly with restraints and nothing jabbing into it.
You may see crack around the positive and negative posts caused sometimes by over tightening of the clamp bolts.
 
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