Help?! Battery Problem?
Dec 13, 2012, 02:49 AM
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Help?! Battery Problem?
I just swapped out a new stock 03 turbo onto my 05 evo yesterday. Car was running fine with a little boost leaks here and there I was going to fix today. So like 5 minutes ago as I was going to drive to work, I go to start my car and it started making a fast machine gun like clicking noise (all the lights work). I opened up the hood and tried starting it and I noticed smoke coming from the right piece on the battery when I would try to start it. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks !
Dec 13, 2012, 05:24 AM
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clean the battery terminals, even if you dont see the corrosion take both terminals off and clean both cables and terminals
reinstall and test with a battery tester if you have one, autozone has one complementary they ll test for you, just get someone competent ( a lot of guys who work there are ignorant and simply dumb when it comes to cars )
that ll give you an idea as to whats up
reinstall and test with a battery tester if you have one, autozone has one complementary they ll test for you, just get someone competent ( a lot of guys who work there are ignorant and simply dumb when it comes to cars )
that ll give you an idea as to whats up
Dec 13, 2012, 05:41 AM
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Will clean them as soon as I have a chance. Question though. Could this be a reason for the right terminal to smoke when I would try to start the car? Thanks for your response btw man. Appreciate it.
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Dec 14, 2012, 08:20 PM
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Solution: Hopefully helps someone else in the future
So I finally figured out the problem after running numerous tests. Turns out the connector to my negative terminal was just really corroded even after using battery cleaner and a wire brush. Solution: I cut the wire that connects to the negative terminal and disconnected the connector. Bought a $13 terminal connector (had an extra red and yellow wire [useless] as a ground) and spliced the wires and connected the connector to the terminal and viola, problem solved. Thanks for the replies everyone!
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