Found this today.

"Niquemarshall" (dominiquemarshall) 02/23/2014 at 23:54 • Filed to: None

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Could give more clues to this charging fiasco I've been having, as I change my alternator tomorrow.

iDriveCode3 > Niquemarshall 02/24/2014 at 00:47

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I'm no expert, but that may have something to do with electrical irregularities. After sitting for three weeks, my Crown Vic was dead today. It's had intermittent electrical problems for as long as I've had it, nearly two years now. I went to put it on the charger but had to wade through massive corrosion first. Nasty!

Luken10 > Niquemarshall 02/24/2014 at 01:15

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I have the same turquoise corrosion on my positive terminal! I cleaned it all up once, but it has come back. Car works perfect, should I be looking into repairing something?

puddler > Luken10 02/24/2014 at 01:19

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have you checked the water in your battery?

Luken10 > puddler 02/24/2014 at 01:21

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Never even heard of doing such a thing. If I was on a forum I would of categorized that with checking your blinker fluid.

puddler > Luken10 02/24/2014 at 01:28

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my grandma's truck was really corroded the last time i changed her oil. the water was low, so i poured some distilled water in and vasolined the terminals.

Luken10 > puddler 02/24/2014 at 01:29

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I'll definitely take a look next time I am under the hood. Thanks for the tip!

Squid > puddler 02/24/2014 at 03:59

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That is only for unsealed batteries. Also, vasoline is a poor thing to put on your terminals. They sell fuzzy little felt pads to help prevent corosion along with a fancy red spray to inhibit the corrosion of the copper wires. When you clean the terminals it should be with a baking soda solution to neutralize the acid. But seriously vasoline is not the right thing to put on your electrical terminals.

Squid > Luken10 02/24/2014 at 04:04

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The water level in the battery is only if you have an unsealed battery. Most batteries sold now are "maintenance free" batteries which don't require the replenishing of the electrolyte. When you go to clean the terminal you want a baking soda solution to neutralize the acid and then a wire brush to clean the corrosion off of the terminals and the wires. After that get the little red and green felt pads that go on your battery around the terminals and then use the red spray to prevent the corrosion from happening again. Usually if it looks like a tree is growing on your terminals you should have the battery tested because it is most likely not good any more. But try to wire brush all of the green crap out of there after you neutralize the acid, if it goes on you may end up having to replace the terminal.

Squid > Niquemarshall 02/24/2014 at 04:05

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Wire brush and a baking soda solution will clean that right up.

puddler > Squid 02/24/2014 at 05:08

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it's not proper, but oughtta work since i didn't have any spray on hand.

Niquemarshall > Squid 02/24/2014 at 10:29

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Thanks