Is there anything underneath the battery that has poked / rubbed / chafed a tiny hole or miniscule crack in the battery case ? .
Low electrolyte levels will cause the battery to be unable to start the engine .
-Nate
Dean wrote :
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> I don't post much, but I am always lingering, reading your emails. I am
> not really into the social emails, and usually when I have some advice or a
> suggestion, someone else is more knowledgeable or has responded before I
> get to the mail.
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> Luckily, my car is very reliable, and allot of things are documented out
> there. Usually I can find solutions to my problems with a quick, or
> sometimes more in depth google search.
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> This time I haven't had as good of luck.
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> About a year ago, the 300d wouldn't start, the battery was dead. I sent
> my wife to work in the Astro van, and put the car on a charger. Well the
> battery did not charge. I hardly use the SDL, and it had a battery that
> was only about a year old, so I took it and put it in the 300d.
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> Now that I had a known good battery, I tested to be sure the alt was
> charging, and it was. I also tested to see if anything was causing a drain
> with the car off, and nothing was. So, I just shrugged and decided that
> the 5 year old battery just decided to give up that morning, and left it at
> that.
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> Fast forward to a couple weeks ago (over a year from previous troubles).
> The battery is dead. Send wife to work in the astro van. Put on the
> charger. This time I look and see that one cell is low on water, and I top
> it off with distilled water. Battery charges fine. Checked alt output,
> OK, checked for ignition off drains, OK. So all is OK. weird, but I had
> always heard check batteries as they may required maint (water), I
> just haven't ever run across one needing any before.
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> I think all is well in the world, but a week later and I have the same
> problem. Battery dead (well wont start the car), I check and the same cell
> is low. I top it off and charge the battery and all is well again.
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> Repeat this procedure again and again, and it is just puking out of the one
> cell, and so here we are. I have tested the alt and it puts out about
> 14.1 so I don't think it is over charging. Odd or moaybe just coincidence
> but I still have the 6 year old battery, I went and looked at it, and it
> was empty in the same cell... This 'new' battery is over 2 years old, so
> out of the free replacement warranty.
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> Ideas comments welcomed.
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> --
> -Dean E. Chandler
> '83 300D
> '86 SDL
> -=KE7TWY=-
> Cornelius, Oregon
> deanstud@...
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