New battery exploded, help please

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Jan 26, 2011 | 09:12 AM

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patdaly

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J-Body, for us who are not familiar with the nomenclature, I take it DE platform is 03 up and BR is 02 down?

Jan 26, 2011 | 12:09 PM

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papaduck

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You should check the battery cable internal. Corrision can go the full length of a cable inside the covering and reduce its ability to carry a good current. A cable can look good but be bad inside.

Jan 26, 2011 | 04:58 PM

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Busboy

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Just change the cross over cable... piggy back it to the old cable with tie wraps.

Jan 26, 2011 | 05:16 PM

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Lightman46

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Originally Posted by papaduck

I agree with AlpineRAM that you shoud wash down the engine bay. Baking soda would be good to wash down the interier of the engine bay but I think that vinegar would be better. Vinegar can be washed off much easier and will not leave a powder mess and also vinegar will help to prevent rust. A trick that a body man taught me when I was stripping a car to be repainted.

Don't use Vinegar it is also a acid and will not neutralize the battery acid

Jan 26, 2011 | 09:34 PM

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papaduck

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Don't use Vinegar it is also a acid and will not neutralize the battery acid

You are right, I was wrong. Bleach would do the job and not be as messy as baking soda but would also need to be completly washed away as it is also corrosive.

Jan 26, 2011 | 11:03 PM

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megawhite

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also check the battery temp sensor under the drivers side battery. heard that if it goes bad it may cause the ecm to overcharge the batteries too

Jan 28, 2011 | 07:25 PM

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spitzair

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One thing you may wanna check - I heard this on another forum... A fellow had a John Deere tractor and he had an issue where he wasn't getting full voltage indication and after a while one of the batteries exploded. Apparently the battery was mislabled : + was really - and vice versa! Just wondering if the batteries you bought could have the same problem, but would be pretty freak coincidence for 2 to be that way... One way you can test this easily is stick your multimeter on the posts, red to + and black to -, if it shows a negative value then it's backwards.