Topping-up water in a sealed battery

[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
Omg, this thread is all sorts of wrong!

 

[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

 

[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!


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

 

[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

 

[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 !!

 

[B21]

I assume this is your daily?

 

[Pondy]

This thread is becoming hilarious.
OP do more mad shite......please!

 

[j3nks79]

2 pages of utter shite

 

[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

 

[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

 

[dreaming-of-driving]

here we go ... 6 cells. like taking candy from a woker.

 

[dreaming-of-driving]

the only way I can fail in My mission now , is if there is a secret government conspiracy for my car to remain 0 velocity

 

[Chris_D]

You seriously replaced the wrong type of battery you had, with another wrong type battery?

 

[dreaming-of-driving]

youll all be eating humble pies when my " custom paint graffiti style, 2003 Z4 2.5L with genuine ESS Tuning twin screw supercharger " roars to life once more !

btw, I dont even need to measure anything out - the cells correspond to some subtle indentations on the outside of the battery

this will be like taking candy from an unconscious woker

 

[dreaming-of-driving]

The battery voltage reads at 12.2V now on the multimeter, but the window display on the battery still indicates that it's in the uncharged condition. I think that might mean it's still sulphated.

If the battery still won't work after some more charging, I'll try adding hydrochloric acid, which should react with lead sulphate on the lead plates to clean them up:



Failing that, I could even drain out all the sulphuric acid, use hydrochloric to clean the plates fully, then add the sulphuric back or just add some new clean acid in.

Even if the lead chloride still formed on the plates and impaired their function, I bet you could mechanically clean it off to get newish plates. That of course is a more serious operation under general anaesthetic.

You could make a battery last 20 years or longer by doing this procedure periodically ! I challenge anyone here to find fault with my logic :lol:

 

[deltasierra]

Lots of crap in this thread, a 12v battery has 6 cells, a good quality battery will last 5 yrs on average, maybe 7 if you’re lucky, but some fail very early I had one fail at 6 months (one cell failed). 2 things kill a battery, continual overcharging and allowing it to stand discharged, if you don’t use the car in winter take the battery off and charge it periodically

Dont try to fill a sealed battery it will overflow and spill acid into the car, a battery with removable cell caps you will see fiber separators between the lead plates the correct level is to just cover the separators

 

[dreaming-of-driving]

sounds like a loser attitude you guys have. to just give up and fork out cash. when you could follow My advice, and if everyone did that, we'd only need to manufacture a fraction of the number of batteries we currently do. prove Me wrong, using science. oh yeah... you cant !

 

[Matty_Z4]

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

So what happened then, did you film it or did everyone here scare you away

I like the paint job BTW its not really for me im more of a subtle gold metallic flake kinda guy (is that too 1999 these days) .But your car is loud and distinct and defiantly turns heads. Love the fact that your repping for Scotland in the rear right bumper. I just hope you have a 3.0 in there somewhere with a phat turbo/supercharger and at least 300bhp if not 500+ For something that loud it best have an engine to back it up


Disclaimer: the above post is tongue in cheek and is not meant to cause offence.

 

[dreaming-of-driving]

hey it only charges up to 12.2V although it's enough to get the engine up and running most of the time, but it's still unrealiable

I'm assuming you can guess that the car is loud since the muffler has been deleted ?

 

[Matty_Z4]

hey it only charges up to 12.2V although it's enough to get the engine up and running most of the time, but it's still unrealiable

I'm assuming you can guess that the car is loud since the muffler has been deleted ?

Well that's a positive, still not sure your saving much but at least its a fun experiment.

I didn't see the back box delete but I was using the word Loud in the British english sense to mean something with very bold colours and strong patterns that demands attention. Apparently it can be a positive and negative thing depending on how it is said.