[T3] I pulled my Interstate battery july 12th to check the level , found the Interstae MT-42 was leaking.

[Mike Fisher]

If you mix it thinner into a liquid you can submerge the last 3" of
cable/clamp & be more thorough?   www.MasterSeriesct.com silver and/or
black brushed on pans & chassis is good stuff.

On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 2:19 PM, William J <catnine09 at dslextreme.com> wrote:

>  Has anyone ever had a battery leak? This is a first for me. I know others
> have had rusted out floors mine was not ,just surface rust. Also read some
> cleaned off surface rust and painted the area with some special type of
> paint.
>
>   I checked the level and the cell closest to the neg terminal was a
> little lower than the others . I added enough then placed a light near the
> area and saw that white crust about 3" oval right near the neg cable area
> on the floor pan . Still having the battery out I checked to see where the
> leak was and could see a wet area down the corner and along the seam at the
> top . I looked at the neg cable post fine then found I could lift the top
> corner of the case just a bit tried the pos side and all around and only
> the corner at the neg side post I could clearly see it could move so it's
> not sealed.and saw wet in the tops seam and down the corner of the case
> side . The level was not low enough so the plates were still covered . The
> charging system is 14.2 volts at the highest based on a DVOM and analog .
>
>  I scraped off most of it yet I know there is still acid there . It was a
> dry white corrosion about 1/16" thick .   I just mixed baking soda and
> water into a paste and let it sit a bit then used a small brush to apply. I
> don't want to use much water since flushing it all will go everywhere yet I
> know baking soda has salt in it . I am not concerned about the bit of
> surface rust it has I just want to stop the acid from doing damage that I
> didn't have before. It did bubble a bit the first time and I did it 4 times
> wiping with water soaked cloth to remove the soda. Then I scraped off any
> surface rust that was where the battery sits on the floor pan . It's had
> this same surface rust since I got the car and never got worse.
>
>  Now I have a 3" oval of bare metal where the corrosion was with maybe a
> small area of metal depression about .003" deep from the acid. It's always
> had half surface rust and half factory paint . I was just asking about how
> ofter people check the level last week.
>
>  Firestone did give me a free replacement MT-42 . I've never had a battery
> leak since I bought this car in 85 . I called Interstate and they wanted
> photo's and want the dealer to send it back to the manufactuer and said
> they will  compensate for the floor damage what ever that means.
>
>  Once it cools off out in the garage since it's been close to 100* in
> there I will get as much rust off and paint the area . Just some brush on
> primer might be good enough.
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