Battery Contents Spewed All Over Engine Bay! - Page 3 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

alan.chalkley · 03-30-2019, 08:42 PM

It looks like inside my 4wd rock crawling zook after a creek,rock crawl crossing and up and down mud banks.

cyberjock · 03-06-2025, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluegrass

Went to check/change fluids, only to discover my battery has spewed it's guts all over my engine bay! Looks to be dry. I have no idea how long its been like this.

How totaled is my car? Time to get a 2019?

I know stock batteries can be troublesome with these cars. Has this happened to anyone else? Best way to clean this up and check for damage?

Thanks!

I had the same battery and the stuff got all over the back of my engine bay. How did you end up cleaning it off the paint?

Tokay444 · 03-12-2025, 10:48 AM

I know this is a necro post, but so many "authority figures" here on the first page are in disbelief, I had the OEM Panasonic, and then the Toyota branded replacement both blow up at two separate track days. Had to respray the engine bay. Switched to an Optima Yellow Top and never looked back.

e1_griego · 03-12-2025, 03:12 PM

Both my original 2013 BRZ and newer-to-me 2013 FRS had their batteries blow up. The FRS battery blew up on the previous owner and he never really fixed it so I had to repaint part of the firewall and down the transmission tunnel.

03-12-2025, 10:48 AM	#31
Tokay444 Banned Join Date: Feb 2016 Drives: 17 White 860. RCE Tarmac 2. RE-71RS Location: Not Canada Posts: 1,752 Thanks: 938 Thanked 1,024 Times in 581 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I know this is a necro post, but so many "authority figures" here on the first page are in disbelief, I had the OEM Panasonic, and then the Toyota branded replacement both blow up at two separate track days. Had to respray the engine bay. Switched to an Optima Yellow Top and never looked back. Last edited by Tokay444; 03-12-2025 at 11:55 AM.

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alan.chalkley Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 4wd zooks Location: Sydney / Australia Posts: 495 Thanks: 135 Thanked 167 Times in 108 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It looks like inside my 4wd rock crawling zook after a creek,rock crawl crossing and up and down mud banks.

03-12-2025, 03:12 PM	#32
e1_griego Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Drives: Many Location: Independence, Ore. Posts: 719 Thanks: 231 Thanked 408 Times in 245 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Both my original 2013 BRZ and newer-to-me 2013 FRS had their batteries blow up. The FRS battery blew up on the previous owner and he never really fixed it so I had to repaint part of the firewall and down the transmission tunnel.

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