So I was at a garage and they mentioned my car battery had a fair amount of corrosion on it. I wanted to know if it would be better to just buy another battery corrosion free (ha) or actually pay for the service to have the corrosion removed or it would be best to just remove the corrosion myself? and if I can remove the corrosion myself...how and anything I should keep in mind or look out for? Thanks.
2007-08-04 16:27:06 · 6 answers · asked by Hierophant 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
it's simple corrosion around the battery looks like white or blue crust around the negative and positive side. all you have to do is to clean it loosen both ( have screws on the sides) but you don't have to completely take it off. as soon as it feels lose just pull it off. next is use a wire brush or a nice hard dish scrub and scrub the the negative and positive side of the battery. and the insides of the ends of the terminal wires you unplug. once it clean there be any more crust so this won't make excellent contact for the battery. and to get some more of the erosion you can't see is to pour some coca-cola on the negative and positive sides of the battery let it sit for 30 sec.s then wipe off till dry connect everything and your are set to go.
2007-08-04 16:38:56 · answer #1 · answered by johnny q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well depends, what kind of corrosion? Usually they mean you have a build up on the terminal outlets, you know where the battery is connected. Usually you can clean that with soda. As long as you disconnect the battery fron the car, nothing can happen to the battery, or if it is something worse, when in doubt just buy a new one. Maybe do you have warranty on the battery....
2007-08-04 16:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by Albert E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You clean the terminals yourself.
Do wear protective gloves.
Disconnect the terminals.
Use a wire brush and baking soda/water solution.
Get them clean & bright.
Reinstall the cleaned terminals, tighten well, coat with a layer of protective grease.
You're done.
Do wash any of the gunk off your skin,
it's toxic & mildly corrosive.
2007-08-04 16:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like mark said Keith is dumb, just get it serviced if u don't know what battery corrosion is than u should not clean it youre self its necessary and if u do it youre self chances are u might shock,burn,or just **** it up.
2007-08-04 17:03:40 · answer #4 · answered by inverted_evil_goku 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charging in basic terms does what working the engine does for the battery. If the battery isn't holding its fee like it is going to a minimum of one fee won't fix it. quarter-hour would desire to be adequate to recharge the battery, in spite of the stereo going. My spouse stored leaving the lights on on our motor vehicle and it completely wore out our battery, it would desire to have the capacity to maintain a jiffy of lights seems such as you opt for a clean battery!
2016-10-01 10:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by pihl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow. You have get to be kidding. I WOULD NEVER go back to that place again. You clean it yourself. Disconnect the cables. Use baking soda and a toothbrush. You can look it up on the internet to find more details. Or you could just buy a new one.
2007-08-04 16:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by Keith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋