[TR] Battery "Leaking"

[Marty Clark]

Thanks Randall. I briefly thought of pulling the covers while the car was
running but had never heard of that being done so I decided to not try it.
Glad to hear it can be done with caution. I did decide to replace it because
it was over three years old any here in the desert that pushing it. I'll try
peeking with the new one.

Marty


On 9/27/07, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > I connected my external volt meter and it read 12.6 with the
> > car off and 13.85 when running and moved up to 13.9 at 3000
> > RPM rpm. I don't want to replace the battery if that not the
> > issue. Any ideas?
>
> I'd hook the voltmeter up so I could take a drive with it connected.  13.9
> isn't too high, but you don't know if it was being limited by the
> regulator
> or by the battery.
>
> Another test would be to run the engine at around 3K and (carefully) look
> into the battery cells.  If only one or two are bubbling, the battery is
> likely bad.  But if they all are bubbling, the alternator is likely
> overcharging.
>
> Randall