Re: Battery failed :-(

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> Anyway, my question is, is it likely that I could have salvaged my origin= al > battery by fully topping up the electrolyte level in all of the cells, an= d > putting it on a decent long trickle charge, or was it well and truly f*ck= ed?

Given it was a modern battery, 6 years old, the answer is probably "No".

The option was to try salvaging it, but if the option is then breaking down= =20 on a delivery, and getting towed, with a =A3250 (or whatever) release fee,= =20 it's cheaper to get a new battery! Similarly if you'd missed a drop/pickup,= =20 you could have lost that job, which if you'd done well could have panned ou= t=20 nicely and given you a huge contract etc.

If you weigh up what could go wrong with a new battery, you made the right= =20 choice.

FWIW, I'm expecting my battery to go any day now (car's now 6 years old on= =20 the original virtually everything). I'm hoping it lasts long enough that I= =20 can sell it before anything big goes wrong :-)

Pete.

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Pete Smith
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: Later on I looked and noticed some liquid by the bottom of the battery : (leaking acid?).

Have you cleared up any of that which might have got on metal? It would be worth washing out any possibly affected area with lots and lots of water, and maybe with some alkali - bicarbonate of soda? ammonia bleach? - as well.

Ian

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Ian Johnston

I've had a set of spark plugs and a fan belt sitting in the glove box=20 for about a year - these days I cant be arsed doing anything to a car=20 except put petrol in it & even then I only use the asda drive thru so I=20 dont need to walk to the counter and back again .

It sounds like your heading the same way old chap :-)

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SOR

It turned out to be such an insignificant amount that it was easily mopped up with kitchen roll. The plastic battery try is held in by some bolts and thick washers, and a bit just collected in the indent in the battery tray where the washer sat, so I'm sure the washer (which had rusted a bit) prevented the acid from going any further. It must have done, as it was still there when I got to it, and if a small amount like that was going to leak away it would have done so by then.

Peter

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AstraVanMan

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