AMS battery swelling?
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AMS battery swelling?
so i just bought a 05 EVO that is going to be my next project that i will be posting a seperate thread on in the next few days but in the meantime i have problem with my battery. when i bought the car the owner said that the AMS battery went dead so he bought another one and that one went dead too because the car sat for about 3 years and was only started once in a while so he put a reguar sized one in it and never tried charging them, he was told you need a special charger so i got 2 mini batterys with purchase. however when i drove it home (4 hours one way) i popped the hood the next day and i noticed that it was leaking out of the top ( it was leaning a little and not tied down) so i took one of the AMS batterys that came with the car and hooked it up to a charger for about 20 mins and installed it and car started no problem, the battery did get warm with the initial charge. i drove around a bit last night and started to get a funny egg smell and couldnt figure it out, i popped the hood today to work on it and noticed it swelled to the point of the seams seperating. any ideas? do you think the battery i drove home with got so warm it started to leak? it looks like it has a great ground connection and the car has no aftermarket subs/amp either, thanks in advance for the help.
i tried to get some pics to post from my phone but its no cooperating right now, i will try to get some up tomorrow if needed
i tried to get some pics to post from my phone but its no cooperating right now, i will try to get some up tomorrow if needed
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im pretty sure it was 2 amps on the charge, i know we flicked the switch back and forth a couple times between 2 and 10 to see if the needle would move maybe it destroyed something on the inside? i also just remembered that they put a longer ground cable on to fit the bigger battery so its a little over 1 foot, maybe thats an issue as well
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im pretty sure it was 2 amps on the charge, i know we flicked the switch back and forth a couple times between 2 and 10 to see if the needle would move maybe it destroyed something on the inside? i also just remembered that they put a longer ground cable on to fit the bigger battery so its a little over 1 foot, maybe thats an issue as well
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have you checked to see if the alternator is putting out to much voltage and over charging/heating the battery? only time ive seen that happen a car was running 17 volts battery started to expand and leak.
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ya it definately could be a dead cell what sucks is the battery i chose to charge up is the new one... last night i double checked the ground and someone decided to ground everything to a spot that is still covered in paint....gonna sand it, change battery check for voltage and give you guys an update
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