Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Battery problems

 

FWIW, I had a battery in my 300SD that stopped working after being newly installed. The battery had developed an internal electrical discontinuity between the cells, presumably because it was defective, but the high cranking amperage of the motor under cold conditions probably made the problem evident by blowing the riveted bar link between the cells. My guess is that the electrical connection between the cells in your battery are defective, overheating and boiling the solution out of that cell. There may be only partial contact of the conductors between the cells, causing the high amperage to heat that connector, like the old slow-blow fuses in house fuse panels.  Just a guess. --- On Tue, 10/2/12, diyernh@comcast.net <diyernh@comcast.net> wrote: From: diyernh@comcast.net <diyernh@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Battery problems To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 11:40 PM Is it a cell on the end, or a middle cell? Maybe if is an end one, the is something bumping that cell, like the tray being loose and the inner fender is pushing in in the battery end. It could hit harmonics and turn the end cell into a makeshift vaporizer Possibly noise could rattle the end cell wall. Any exhaust leaks or such Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: Dean Chandler <deanstud@gmail.com> Sender: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 17:19:38 -0700 To: <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> ReplyTo: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Battery problems   No holes or other damage to the battery.  You can see where the fluid has come up and out of the purge hole. --  -Dean E. Chandler '83 300D '86 SDL -=KE7TWY=- Cornelius, Oregon deanstud@gmail.com On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 3:12 PM, <diyernh@comcast.net> wrote:   Is there a screw or sharp edge on the firewall that cut into that cell? Check the battery for holes, tray for sharp edges/ protruberances

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