> The noise was
> the sound of boiling battery acid.
FWIW, I've had a similar experience that was caused not by the alternator
but by a shorted cell in the battery.
I wasn't so lucky, though, the hydrogen/oxygen mixture got ignited and the
first thing I knew about it was someone knocking on the door : "Did you know
your car is smoking?"
Stupid car design : running the hood release cable above the battery !
-- Randall
_______________________________________________
Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation $12.96
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
|