What causes car battery corrosion?
dead battery image by Katrina Miller from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.co.uk/images/a05/qr/7l/causes-car-battery-corrosion_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Corroded terminals can lead to roadside repairs. Corrosion on your car battery terminals can be annoying and destructive. It reduces the current flowing from your battery, making your car harder to start, and it literally eats any paper or cloth that it comes into contact with, even indirectly. Cleaning the terminals properly will eliminate corrosion for a while, but the only way to get rid of it completely is to find the cause of the corrosion and fix the problem at the source. Loose connections Check the battery terminal connections. On a top post battery, make sure that the connector is tight and that it does not move when you attempt to twist it on the post. Check the connections where the battery cable attaches to the terminal connector, including
Fotolia.com”> jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a05/qr/7l/causes-car-battery-corrosion_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Corroded terminals can lead to roadside repairs. Corrosion on your car battery terminals can be annoying and destructive. It reduces the current flowing from your battery, making your car harder to start, and it literally eats any paper or cloth that it comes into contact with, even indirectly. Cleaning the terminals properly will eliminate corrosion for a while, but the only way to get rid of it completely is to find the cause of the corrosion and fix the problem at the source. Loose connections Check the battery terminal connections. On a top post battery, make sure that the connector is tight and that it does not move when you attempt to twist it on the post. Check the connections where the battery cable attaches to the terminal connector, including making certain that the copper wires are t
