Another Battery question
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Its called gassing. At least, IIRC.
As long as the fluid level is ok it should work for you.
Lead acid battery's get weaker over time due to the lead in the plates falling off into a pile in the bottom of the case. Eventually it will short and the battery will just be a heavy door stop.
So if your into the 5 year or more with it, upgrade. You have some time to wait for a sale. Come winter you may have dead truck.
I myself need a new battery. The wally world cheapy i needed at 2 am is about toast after 3 years.
As long as the fluid level is ok it should work for you.
Lead acid battery's get weaker over time due to the lead in the plates falling off into a pile in the bottom of the case. Eventually it will short and the battery will just be a heavy door stop.
So if your into the 5 year or more with it, upgrade. You have some time to wait for a sale. Come winter you may have dead truck.
I myself need a new battery. The wally world cheapy i needed at 2 am is about toast after 3 years.
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#5
The covers, is what i meant...Its only like a 2 year old battery, guess ill check the water level and see...I prob need to wipe it off so it dont corode the brace thats holding it
#6
remove the caps and fill all the cells until the grid is completely covered. the top of your battery needs to be thoroughly cleaned. the liquid on top of the battery is conductive. take a voltmeter and put it on DC volts, put one lead on the positive terminal and the other in the liquid residue on the top of your battery case. you will probably get a reading of minimal voltage. that is your battery draining itself. clean the battery top and remove both cables (negative first) and wire brush them or use a battery terminal cleaning tool
#8
sometimes the water will evaporate and appear on the top of the battery, it shouldn't happen, but if the battery is jarred around alot, like offroading, or charged at too fast of a rate, either by the alt or a charger it will appear
or, around each of the two posts, there is a seal, if that seal is broke from pounding on the terminals to get the cable ends on, or reefing the connectors down, it will leak right out by the terminals
your voltage reading should be xero on the top of the case, clean til it is.
another trick to see how dirty your battery cables are...
1. Put voltmeter on DC volts
2. place the positive lead on the positive battery terminal and the negative lead on the positive cable end
3. Have someone hold the vehicle at WOT (if it is fuel injected and has a "flood mode") (if not disconnect the coil) and crank it for a few seconds
4. if the battery cable ends or terminals are dirty you will see a voltage drop
5. repeat for negative terminal
6. remove cable ends from battery and clean. recheck again and reading should be zero
or, around each of the two posts, there is a seal, if that seal is broke from pounding on the terminals to get the cable ends on, or reefing the connectors down, it will leak right out by the terminals
your voltage reading should be xero on the top of the case, clean til it is.
another trick to see how dirty your battery cables are...
1. Put voltmeter on DC volts
2. place the positive lead on the positive battery terminal and the negative lead on the positive cable end
3. Have someone hold the vehicle at WOT (if it is fuel injected and has a "flood mode") (if not disconnect the coil) and crank it for a few seconds
4. if the battery cable ends or terminals are dirty you will see a voltage drop
5. repeat for negative terminal
6. remove cable ends from battery and clean. recheck again and reading should be zero
Last edited by FireRanger; 09-22-2008 at 12:27 PM.
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