Mole on battery connector :(

[LeeMaster]

This is extremely odd, the car is only 9 months old and already got mole on the battery terminal. All the cars I ever had prior to this has never developed mole this fast, am I the only one or are there others out there?

[FRiSson]

Okay, which one of these do you mean?





mole, mo·le

/mōl/, /ˈmōlā/
Noun

• A small burrowing insectivorous mammal (family Talpidae) with dark velvety fur, a long muzzle, and very small eyes. Its several species...
• A small, often slightly raised blemish on the skin made dark by a high concentration of melanin.
• A large solid structure on a shore serving as a pier, breakwater, or causeway.
• The SI unit of amount of substance, equal to the quantity containing as many elementary units as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12.
• An abnormal mass of tissue in the uterus.
• A highly spiced Mexican sauce made chiefly from chili peppers and chocolate, served with meat.

[Subie]

Originally Posted by FRiSson

[*]A highly spiced Mexican sauce made chiefly from chili peppers and chocolate, served with meat.

Definitely this one. That battery terminal looks delicious.

[SportInjected]

^clever

Pretty sure he meant "mold", but it's not that either. Oxidation on battery terminals is common, just clean them off real nice and spray them down with copper spray. Felt washers around the posts work well too.

[fistpoint]

First thing I did was check his location...I'm shocked, they breed smart folk up there according to statistics. Must snorted too much snow.


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btw: I don't see mole, don't see crosion neither.

[Skye]

I like this thread, anyone for wind in the willows?

[supramkivtt2jz]

I hate moles with holes

[YourFearlessLeader]

i actually had so much of that on my neg battery terminal the car wouldnt start. im only at 7k miles.

steel brush with baking soda and water will clean that. add dielectric grease to the terminal after its all cleaned and done.

[Blue86]

Mould

[EK_Golfer]

Originally Posted by YourFearlessLeader

i actually had so much of that on my neg battery terminal the car wouldnt start. im only at 7k miles.

steel brush with baking soda and water will clean that. add dielectric grease to the terminal after its all cleaned and done.

Agreed. Just brush it off.

[FR-S Matt]

Be sure to hold the positive terminal with your left hand and lick it off the negative terminal.

[was385]

Originally Posted by FR-S Matt

Be sure to hold the positive terminal with your left hand and lick it off the negative terminal.

Don't even joke about that, it is incredibly dangerous! Positive terminal goes to right hand.

[Anthonytpt]

If @LeeMaster doesn't respond soon, we'll have to reasonably assume @FR-S Matt got him killed.

Update - A reasonable amount of time has passed for us to suspect the worst.

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[Chewie4299]

Thread of the year candidate for SURE.




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