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Re: Battery leaking Posted by Ari [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Battery leaking, Hojo, Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:24:21 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
By hitting the INFO button, you can 'beep' the EDU display over to volts. With the engine running, it should run between 12.8 volts (warm car, idle) up to around 13.8 or 14 (cooler, engine above 2K rpm). Overcharging would be a voltage well above 14.5 volts, especially if the engine has been running for a while, and it's a warm day. The voltage regulator is temperature compensated - it reduces the output voltage as the underhood temps go up.
If you see voltages in the 13.X volt range, then it isn't an overcharge situation. When a battery charges, it does produce gas. If the battery is low on water (electrolyte, actually), the remaining fluid will heat up, and could boil. This causes it to boil off, which reduces the fluid level. If it's a mainentance-type battery, just pop the covers off. If the fluid isn't covering the plates, then it's way too low on fluid.
If it is overcharging, the solution is a new voltage regulator, which runs about $50 for the part. As long as the voltage isn't running in the 16-18 volt range, the electronics should be all right.
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