Overcharging is usually the cause. To check for overfilling, the water should
just cover the plates. Anything more is too much. If you are doing a lot of
hard driving, you may want to consider a plastic battery box, to catch any
acid that might come out and save your trunk floor.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard<mailto:rcsphx1@cox.net>
To: Tiger List<mailto:tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:15 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Battery over flow
What would cause a new battery to over flow acid into the trunk?
I installed a new Bosch battery in the tiger a couple months ago, and
after
driving for a couple of week I noticed that is had spewed acid into the
trunk
area. At first I thought that it was just a bad battery, so I went and
picked
up another new Bosch battery and installed it a couple weeks ago and did
not
have a problem until today, when it happened again. Could an over charging
alternator cause the battery to "boil over". Or is it possible that the
batteries were over filled and fluid was released on hard cornering? We
were
at the race track today, for some track time. I do not have the amp gauge
hooked up so I am not sure right now of the battery amps or voltage.
Richard
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