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I noticed last night when I pressed the push start it lagged a little. Usually it's a 1 push and turns on but this time I had to let it press. Am I having battery issues or something? Also, it sometimes take 2-3 seconds to start.

Dthrill_08 wrote:I noticed last night when I pressed the push start it lagged a little. Usually it's a 1 push and turns on but this time I had to let it press. Am I having battery issues or something? Also, it sometimes take 2-3 seconds to start.

There's a tsb on it. Have a look on the faq post bootymac made up.

It was my battery.. It was about to explode and leaking fluid!!@!@!

I think my battery may go out this winter. It takes longer to start when the temperatures go down.
I also noticed that Costco no longer has their own brand of car batteries and now sells Interstate Batteries. I now know where I'm getting my next car battery.

Dthrill_08 wrote:It was my battery.. It was about to explode and leaking fluid!!@!@!

I'd suggest taking the new battery out and carefully removing the plastic battery tray (all the acid should hopefully be contained in it). Make sure you neutralise all the acid with a mix of bicarb soda and hot water. Acid will be soaked into the foam battery spacers as well.

If you try doing it "in situ" the acid will overflow out the plastic tray and you'll end up with a corroded battery support bracket (plus all the bolts etc in that area.)

It would be wise to wash all the engine bay in that area with bicarb and hot water (while the battery is out.)

KuroNekko wrote:I think my battery may go out this winter. It takes longer to start when the temperatures go down.
I also noticed that Costco no longer has their own brand of car batteries and now sells Interstate Batteries. I now know where I'm getting my next car battery.

Are Interstate batteries any good? I had one that only lasted about 18 months and avoided them since.

I have had a few weak batteries rejuvenated using a BatteryMinder trickle charger. It has paid for itself a few times over.

"The BatteryMINDer desulphates your batteries. When a battery is being discharged (or in use) the sulphuric acid (H2SO4) goes into the lead plates but when a battery is being recharged the sulphuric acid (H2SO4) leaves the lead plates. Over time, like iron and rust, a battery will become sulphated, it is a thin crystalline film over the plate of the battery that won't allow acid to go inside or go outside of the lead plates. The BatteryMINDer uses pulse technology to rupture the crystalline structure so the acid can enter into the plates and discharge and recharge back up. "

redmed wrote: Are Interstate batteries any good? I had one that only lasted about 18 months and avoided them since.

I had one in my Subaru Impreza. I bought the car in 2001 with 109,000 miles on it. About 9 years and 110,000 additional miles later, I sold the car with the same battery in it. During the time I owned it, the car was used in the snowy mountain winters at elevations around 6000 ft and also in the heat of Southern California summers. Yet it never failed me once.

redmed wrote:I have had a few weak batteries rejuvenated using a BatteryMinder trickle charger. It has paid for itself a few times over.

"The BatteryMINDer desulphates your batteries. When a battery is being discharged (or in use) the sulphuric acid (H2SO4) goes into the lead plates but when a battery is being recharged the sulphuric acid (H2SO4) leaves the lead plates. Over time, like iron and rust, a battery will become sulphated, it is a thin crystalline film over the plate of the battery that won't allow acid to go inside or go outside of the lead plates. The BatteryMINDer uses pulse technology to rupture the crystalline structure so the acid can enter into the plates and discharge and recharge back up. "

I've thought about getting one of these to recover some of the sulfated batteries I have lying around. How well did it work? What did it not recover?