how do i keep my terminals from corroding?

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My positive terminal has some massive corrosion, and it's a hassle cleaning it up every other day. What can I do to make it stop?

 

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every day? mine's only bout every 4-5 month's? GREASE or the spray from a parts store? just be happy Magnum P.I your in hawaii lol

 

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grease em up thatll do it.

 

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Get a sealed battery like an Optima.

 

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Silicone grease, it's clear and clean.

 

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Grease is the answer to keep your current battery terminal from corrosion.

A sealed battery will not have these effects (as san~man mentioned), should you choose a higher-grade battery as a replacement in the future.

 

sgarlic

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Yea, wipe that di-electric grease all over the terminal, or use that red spray on crap you can find at Wally mart.

 

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Felt battery washers and a good coat of silicone dielectric grease on the terminals

 

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i don't know how true this is, but a guy i know once said if you pour some coca-cola on the terminal after you clean it i won't come back. i think that's pure BS though

 

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Well, actually the coke cleans the terminals. It has no effect on keeping them clean however.

 

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And us americans drink that *****

 

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and that coke is damn good.

I wish I asked this a few months back. my terminals got so bad, that the batter cable things snapped off. I bought cheap replacements from wallyworld for the time being, until I can replace the entire cable.

so silicone and dielectric grease, and a washer?

 

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They are felt washers... Made out of felt. They usually sell them near the batteries.

And silicone dielectric grease should always be used on electrical mating surfaces such as battery terminals and spark plug boots. The grease conducts electricity, displaces water, and prevents oxidization by keeping air away from the metal surfaces.

 

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did I ever confess my love for you killy?

guess what I did yesterday? preventative maintainence :thumbsup:

 

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I can tell you for sure on this one! First of all, get a terminal brush (cheap as dirt at auto store), some vaseline, and better terminal connectors. The reason I say better terminal connectors is because my stock ones got to where they would not make contact no matter how many times I cleaned them, so it always seemed like I had a dead battery .. pain in the ass. So clean the terminal connectors with coke or water, clean the terminals, dry them off, put a dab of vaseline on each terminal and coat em, you won't have any more problems at least for a long time!

Here's a pic of the termianal connectors I changed that stock **** to:

http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p31000018qx.jpg

I also put a battery cutoff switch in so that I can kill my battery without having to disconnect the negative terminal. It is not intended for an alternator kill, just battery (in case anyone was wondering) ..

hope that helps

 

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That got me curious on the cutoff switch. Got a link for where you got it, or how I can make one?

 

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Just replace the whole setup with a dry-cell battery and gold plated terminals

 

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How much do Optimas go for anyways? I'd hate to get rid of this battery. My car is an 04, and the battery has quite a few more years or life in it.

 

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I've never had any corrosion problems on my 03. Go figure.

 

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DTNODYA said:

...http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p31000018qx.jpg
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Click to expand...

next time you can add

image tags on so you can post the pic in the thread

like this