battery cable

by carcrazy53 9/25/2009, 10:10 am

I have a 07 gt.Every time i look under the + cable boot,it is corroded.I must clean this thing every month.The volt meter in the car is always a hair(you know what kind) battery cable 860445

toward the + side.This has done this since new.Whats up?Anyone else have this problem.

by 07Shelby500 9/25/2009, 10:18 am

I did in mine until I had to get a new battery. But mine was doing it on the neg side. I think gasses were seeping out of the post and causing the corosion.

by 03.sonicblue 9/25/2009, 10:46 am

David is right and I think you can ask Jarrod about it too. Seems the OEM batteries are not sealed up as tight as they should be. Jarrod had the same problem. Got new alternator and battery and problem solved.

by BMMC1 9/25/2009, 10:55 am

Word.

by Metric7 9/25/2009, 11:26 am

Get a can of spray-on battery sealant from any parts store and spritz that terminal - keeps it all nice and shiney.

by Guest 9/27/2009, 12:35 pm

Used the spray on battery sealant with the stock battery to help stop the terminal corrosion. Didnt help...that stuff was insanely stubborn.

New battery...new alternator...walla...stopped corroding

by carcrazy53 9/27/2009, 2:05 pm

Wonder if this could be taken on under warrenty.

by Leonard 95 9/27/2009, 3:01 pm

carcrazy53 wrote:Wonder if this could be taken on under warrenty.

Trust me, I highly doubt you gonna get anyone to replace the alternator under warranty for battery corrosion. We usually just clean them of with a BG battery clean kit and usually don't have many problems after that.

by carcrazy53 9/27/2009, 4:07 pm

When i put a volt meter on the charging circuit it never cuts back.That tells me the internal regulator is not working properly,always charging the batt,causing the corrosion.I would think that would be enough to get the alt.replaced.I'll run it buy the ford people and see.

by BMMC1 9/27/2009, 5:03 pm

What's it reading? Voltage wise?

Tony... a quick test for your voltage reg is to connect the multimeter to the pos and neg posts of the battery while the car is running at idle. It should read about 13 volts. Then raise the idle to about 3-4k. if the voltage reads more then 15-16 volts. The regulator is crap.

I suspec

by Papi 9/28/2009, 2:16 am

i had a small crack on my neg terminal and it made the post nasty. new battery, cut the end of the cable and attached a new O.E. terminal on the cable. no more boogers.

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