Coke Bottle Fuel Tank -- WAY OFF TOPIC :-)

[Brian Billings]

Baking soda is worse then cola, straight water is the ticket for cleaning battery post and the top of the battery. Baking soda works great for nutralizing any acid in the tray or if you have one explode you want to wash all radiator and condensor cores as well as the entire engine bay area as soon as possible. I can't tell ya how many radiators, ac condensors, fluid and ac lines and such I have had to replace due to battery acid. Just keep it away from the top of the battery as it will get in where the post exits the battery through the plastic case, same place the acid gets out and attacks the terminals and cable ends.

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Darr 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 4:44 PM
  Subject: Re: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank -- WAY OFF TOPIC :-)


  Even better yet.  Water with a little baking soda mixed in works the best to clean a battery.

  Mike Darr
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Brian Billings 
    To: discussion at nsrca.org 
    Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:40 PM
    Subject: RE: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank -- WAY OFF TOPIC :-)


    Coke will foul a new plastic case battery, straight water works best. The coke can enter the new batteries around where the post exits the battery. FWIW

     


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    From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bill Glaze
    Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 2:33 PM
    To: discussion at nsrca.org
    Subject: Re: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank -- WAY OFF TOPIC :-)

     

    I guess that everyone probably knows this, but just to remind:  We used to use Coke to clean battery terminals that had been corroded.  Removed the corrosion quickly, and left the terminals and posts clean of corrosion.

    Bill Glaze

    Bob Richards wrote:



Years ago, I did PCB repair on cash register systems.Occasionally we would get a system in that someone hadspilled coke in it. Coke would eat the copper etchesright off the boards. And, what was left was almostimpossible to solder to.  Then, there was the table-top video game from thelocal bar. Over time, people spilled beer and some randown inside. Best I could tell, the beer did no realdamage, but the roaches sure loved it. We had to takeit back to the shop, set it in the middle of theparking lot, open all the doors and empty a can ofRaid inside. An hour later, there were dead roaches ina 30 ft diameter circle. Then it was time for me to work on it. :-( Bob R. --- Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote:   Coke corrodedthe aluminum, through both coatings #1 and #2, in notime. It does a pretty good job on the fancycoating, too.      =================================================To access the email archives for this list, go tohttp://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/To be removed from this list, go to http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htmand follow the instructions. List members email returned for mailbox full will be removed from the list.     
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