"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
08/23/2020 at 12:23 • Filed to: Disco Inferno
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
08/23/2020 at 12:23 • Filed to: Disco Inferno | 4
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Nothing!
It sounds like fun.
Well... OK not quite nothing. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! my Ultragauge alarmed on low voltage.
Crap.
I’d been keeping my eye on the battery voltage for a while. While it normally reads around 13.8V when the car is running, it had been gradually going down over the course of the trip.
I mean... why not?
When I popped the hood there was a lot of dried fluid on the top of the battery. So... leaking?
It recovered and we made it back without problems with the voltage hovering between 13 and 13.2V, which is... adequate.
So yeah, tl;dr I’m going to go ahead and maybe put on pants and get the battery checked. It was new as of December 2018 so it should be under warranty anyway.
Ok but both before and after that: nothing.
[UPDATE] Cleaned the battery terminals and all is well. I will now return to my doing of nothing.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/23/2020 at 12:49 |
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Soak t battery area down with water to deactivate any spilled acid. You don’t want the results of spilled acid
PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
08/23/2020 at 13:02 |
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Is it possible the battery got really hot and leaked out via the fill ports? Without the appropriate water level, the battery won’t produce voltage as well , since the plates will be partially exposed.
I would recommend checking the water level in each cell.
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PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
> PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
08/23/2020 at 13:15 |
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Also , be sure to only top off with distilled water.