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smoking battery


Brandon505
06-07-2015, 07:20 PM
i was charging the battery in my car and the charger gave me a
Shorted cell/excessive load while charging fault code. My dad said excessive resistance from corrosion on the inside of the terminals could cause this code, so i cleaned the terminals and posts and drove it for a while and when i got home the battery was smoking heavily what does this mean

gmtech1
06-07-2015, 08:11 PM
i was charging the battery in my car and the charger gave me a
Shorted cell/excessive load while charging fault code. My dad said excessive resistance from corrosion on the inside of the terminals could cause this code, so i cleaned the terminals and posts and drove it for a while and when i got home the battery was smoking heavily what does this mean

The battery is toast, most likely has a bad cell or two in it.

Black Lotus
06-07-2015, 10:01 PM
A bad battery is also hard on the alternator.

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