OK so now I'm seeing my battery leaking after about a year. But wait, this is a battery, it's not a paradox and it still has to fit into the laws of reason.
So the first question is how is it leaking?
Next, why didn't it leak when I got it?
So I examine the battery. The seals are good, the vents are good and essentially this thing is like the day it came out of the factory. So why is it 'leaking'. Well I think it's not leaking. If it was going to leak out of the seals it would have done it from day one because my seals are as good as day one.
So what has changed since day one? Only one thing. The level has gone down, not much but some.
So here is what I do.
I take out the battery and clean off the small amount of corrosion on the pan. Then I sprinkle a small amount of baking soda on the pan just in case my theory is wrong. I then clean off the bolts put some anit-seize on them and put the whole thing back together, fill the battery carefully so no moisture is left on the top, shake the h*ll out of it to see if it come out and put it all together.
So far so good. Now when I open the hood I no longer see battery acid on the top of the battery. I'll keep monitoring the system but I have some theories about why it 'leaks' and I think it is due to the cavity size of a partially filled battery creating more force and agitation when it has less fluid. And that fluid comes out the air pressure release orifice.
Rob
So the first question is how is it leaking?
Next, why didn't it leak when I got it?
So I examine the battery. The seals are good, the vents are good and essentially this thing is like the day it came out of the factory. So why is it 'leaking'. Well I think it's not leaking. If it was going to leak out of the seals it would have done it from day one because my seals are as good as day one.
So what has changed since day one? Only one thing. The level has gone down, not much but some.
So here is what I do.
I take out the battery and clean off the small amount of corrosion on the pan. Then I sprinkle a small amount of baking soda on the pan just in case my theory is wrong. I then clean off the bolts put some anit-seize on them and put the whole thing back together, fill the battery carefully so no moisture is left on the top, shake the h*ll out of it to see if it come out and put it all together.
So far so good. Now when I open the hood I no longer see battery acid on the top of the battery. I'll keep monitoring the system but I have some theories about why it 'leaks' and I think it is due to the cavity size of a partially filled battery creating more force and agitation when it has less fluid. And that fluid comes out the air pressure release orifice.
Rob