Battery Terminal Heating Up
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From: McAllen, Tx.
Battery Terminal Heating Up OK, this is not an LSx vehicle but maybe someone can help. My wife's Mercury Villager minivan didn't want to start about a month ago. I found a lot of corrosion on the battery terminals. After a good cleaning, it worked fine until yesterday. I checked the battery again and there was a large amount of corrosion again!
I bought a brand new battery last night and it worked just fine until just now. It's doing the same thing again. The lights are flickering inside the van and it won't start. I opened the hood to make sure the battery cables were on tight and the positive terminal was very hot! The negative is fine.
ANY IDEAS? I need this fixed ASAP. The wife is going to have to drive the bird to work right now and that scares the hell out of me!
I bought a brand new battery last night and it worked just fine until just now. It's doing the same thing again. The lights are flickering inside the van and it won't start. I opened the hood to make sure the battery cables were on tight and the positive terminal was very hot! The negative is fine.
ANY IDEAS? I need this fixed ASAP. The wife is going to have to drive the bird to work right now and that scares the hell out of me!
use baking soda in a diluted solution with water to take off the corrosion. Clean off all the area in and around the battery terminal. IF i were you, id buy new cables, terminals , and a battery. It sounds like your battery is starting to leak.
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Sorry I haven't replied. Yes, I got the issue resolved. I had the starter taken off and tested but it turned out to be a simple loose connection on the alternator. I never looked at the obvious, simple solutions! Damn it!
