White chrystally fluid under car
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White chrystally fluid under car
Noticed a dried up leak underneath my car...looks like acid on the concrete, kinda white and frosty and chrystalized. Looked under hood and couldnt really notice anything. I am guessing maybe freon??? I has my AC serviced back in August.
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our cars dont have freon...they have R134 and its a gas. Almost positive you have discovered battery acid. Want to know for sure? Wipe it up with an old T-shirt....if it makes holes in the shirt then theres your answer!
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^ Corrosion.. YAY!! And if your REFRIGERANT leaked on your AC the only way you would know is your AC wouldn't work.. and We actually have R-134a in these late model vehicles (94 and up, IIRC.)
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so, pulled the battery....appears there is liquid on the positive terminal that came from the positive spot on the battery....i soaked the area with baking soda/water...lots of sizzlin!!! So it's def battery acid....I then sprayed everything with water after soaked with baking soda.....battery is being discarded for a new one....I hope I got everything....From the spill...looks like it just exploded one day.....I noticed the white marks on my cement last week....Anything else????
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so, pulled the battery....appears there is liquid on the positive terminal that came from the positive spot on the battery....i soaked the area with baking soda/water...lots of sizzlin!!! So it's def battery acid....I then sprayed everything with water after soaked with baking soda.....battery is being discarded for a new one....I hope I got everything....From the spill...looks like it just exploded one day.....I noticed the white marks on my cement last week....Anything else????
I got a 7yr AC Delco battery.....thats a long 100% warranty man. And the battery is a POWERHOUSE. I leave my stereo (1,000 watt amp) cranking pretty good for 2-3 hours while I polish my car and it does absolutely nothing to it.....cranks right up like normal.
Can't remember exactly, its posted here somewhere, I think it was around $100.00 with my old core trade in.
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