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Battery Removal
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:33 am
by Katscan
The other day I had to change my driver side headlamp and thus I had to remove the battery. My question is, when I removed the positive terminal there was all this white powdery crap all around it. Is this something I should be concerned about? What the heck is it!?
Re: Battery Removal (Katscan)
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:37 am
by djb383
Clean it good and apply Vaseline to the terminal and clamp.
Re: Battery Removal (Katscan)
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:26 am
by Raven
You can clean it with a paste of baking soda to neutralize the acid, rinse and apply di-electric grease.
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:50 am
by CAN-AWD-VIBE
its corrosionwire brush the white stuff and the terminalsapply battery terminal protector
Re: (CAN-AWD-VIBE)
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:04 am
by Digger
It is also the first sign of a weak battery.
Re: (CAN-AWD-VIBE)
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:17 am
by Ol' Timer
Quote, originally posted by CAN-AWD-VIBE »its corrosionwire brush the white stuff and the terminalsapply battery terminal protectorQuote, originally posted by Digger »It is also the first sign of a weak battery. I'm going with CAN-AWD-VIBE on this one. The white stuff is nothing more than corrosion. BUT, if not cleaned up. Sooner(or later) if will eventually be another factor that causes battery failure.
Re: (Ol' Timer)
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:47 am
by Katscan
Well when the weather clears up Im gonna go get that taken care of. And just to make sure, you remove the positive 1st and when putting it back together the positive goes on last.....is this correct?
Re: (Katscan)
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:46 am
by 2002sportside
Remove the negative first, and put it back on last.
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:07 am
by ragingfish
In some cases it could be a sign of a leaky battery...vapor leak perhaps...next time you're at the dealer I'd mention it to them...but don't make a special trip for it...