I'll tell you what causes battery corrosion, it comes from turning your
ignition on/cranking your truck with your accesories
on(air/fan,radio,lights,etc.)when you turn on the ignition switch(not as
bad) or crank your truck(worse), the power jumps from the pos(+) to the
neg(-) side of the battery and the reaction causes the corrosin
toform.Learned this from a mechanic for mercedes benz.Wy father used to have
a MB sedan with a diesel engine in it and he wouldn't turn off his
accesories before he would crank it.The diesel pulled a lot of power to
start, so the problem was exaggerated on his particular car and I used to
have to clean his posts about every other week.The mechanic also told me
that the little felt washers help, but not a great deal.If you could learn
to and remeber to turn everything off every time before you shut the truck
down, you should NEVER have a problem with corrosion.If you do this and
still have a corrosion problem, you might have a short in your electrical
system somewhere.The best thing you can do, since you already have corrosin,
is to clean the posts really well with a wire brush and coat them with
dielectric grease before replacing the connectors.Hope this helps, Will
Coughlin coughlin@centuryinter.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Oertell <coertell@earthlink.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 1:10 AM
Subject: DML: Battery Corrosion was RE: Dak won't start!?
>Can anyone tell me what causes battery corrosion? I cleaned the posts
about
>3 weeks ago and now it is getting bad again. This is a Mopar battery. The
>second one. First one died within a year and replaced under warranty.
>
>Chris Oertell
>Arcadia, Ca
>coertell@earthlink.net
>http://home.earthlink.net/~coertell
>1998 Dodge Dakota Sport V6 Regular Cab Emerald Green
>1989 Kawasaki EX500
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kyle Kozubal" <grndak4x4@home.com>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 7:59 PM
>Subject: DML: Re: RE: Dak won't start!?
>
>
>> > No clicking?? Usually a solenoid going bad clicks or whines. Sounds
>more
>> > like your battery. Or possibly cable(s). How old is your battery?
>> Cables
>> > corroded? Loose?
>>
>> Ron,
>> The battery was bought on 9-97. I has zero corrosion and the cables are
>not
>> loose. I tried to jumped it, and it didnt even help. I thought a good
>> starter would click, but if the starter solenoid was/is going bad, then
>this
>> would prevent juice from even getting to the starter to allow it to
click.
>> ???
>> Kyle
>> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>>
>>
>
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