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Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:21 pm
by Umfaan
I believe you are a perpetrator of technical and scientific inexactitude.🤔

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:38 pm
by dreaming-of-driving
sir , youre from south wales , but I am from NEW south wales

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:28 am
by dreaming-of-driving
I attached a funnel to some tubing, which was also attached to a taper metal chopstick. this allowed water to be funneled into the breather hole. it seemed that most or all of the water just bubbled right out again, so perhaps there is a valve somewhere in the breather system of the battery. if so, that would necessitate removal of the cover to add water. here's the pics, we'll see if charging is more successful now anyway ...
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Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:34 pm
by B21
Each cell is likely to have its own chamber and internal seal so all you are doing is dribbling water in the common area above the cells.. :headbang:

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:37 pm
by dreaming-of-driving
God ! what a pain in the arse. just because one guy , somewhere , once got acid on him stupid self. f**k

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:39 pm
by Chris_D
That battery looks WAY too small!
It also looks like the whole battery compartment was submerged/flooded at some point and someone tried to use silica dessicant to dry it out. Or is it risotto rice? OMFG loool :rofl:
Omg, this thread is all sorts of wrong!
:o

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:40 pm
by dreaming-of-driving
haha. it's the right CCA for the car, but smaller than OEM. I put rice in there to soak up some water that was in the compartment ... no big deal :P

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:43 pm
by Chris_D
Bro. Start a gofundme or something. You need a new, proper-size battery!
and get that battery tray vacuumed out.
I think at this point we'd all probably like to see what other nightmares are lurking around your car...
Do it nauw!
:poke:

edit: and I feel dutybound to advise you that moisture + electricity + bare hands = a bad combination.
:cry:

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:47 pm
by mr.tourette
:dizzy: I'm all for creative solutions to problems but this is not one anyone of sound mind and body would generally think up :D

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:14 pm
by dreaming-of-driving
you guys sound just like my best friend. always worried about little things of little import

Z4 drivers are meant to be crazy daisy !! :rofl:

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:18 pm
by B21
I assume this is your daily?

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:19 pm
by Pondrew
This thread is becoming hilarious.
OP do more mad shite......please! :rofl:

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:28 pm
by j3nks79
2 pages of utter shite

Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:09 am
by dreaming-of-driving
here she is ........ custom paint graffiti style, 2003 Z4 2.5L with genuine ESS Tuning twin screw supercharger

if u dont like my car , theres a special place in gayville for u :rofl:
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Topping-up water in a sealed battery

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 4:10 am
by dreaming-of-driving
back to topic a bit. I guess the batteries always have 8 cells ? if so it shouldn't be too hard to guesstimate where they are and drill holes for them

I know , I know , I'm a genius guy :D