Battery acid or is it water?
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had a bit of an odd one last night took the Griff out for a drive to a friends for dinner, and on the way as it became darker, I realized I had no lights, I had also noticed an odd smell in the car, that I recognised, but could not quite place.
I pulled over to a car park and as luck would have it I had a spare pack of fuses, so I crossed my fingers and hoped it was a fuse. When I pulled the carpet away in the foot well, I noticed the smell was a bit stronger, but the carpet was quite dry. I pulled the carpet away and pulled out the wiring loom with the ECU and it had some white liquid on it, and some light corrosion on the relays, very odd.
Hoping it was the fuse, I pulled fuse 11 out, and yippee it was blown, put a new fuse in, and great I had lights. Better still they worked all evening.
Now my question/thought is this. The car has not been in the wet for a while, and it has never had a leak in the past, and as far as I know there is no fluid bearing pipes in that area, or is there?
My only thought is battery acid, could it be battery acid? If it is it must of splashed out on the Surrey run on the last section.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to what the problem could?
David M5 TVR
I pulled over to a car park and as luck would have it I had a spare pack of fuses, so I crossed my fingers and hoped it was a fuse. When I pulled the carpet away in the foot well, I noticed the smell was a bit stronger, but the carpet was quite dry. I pulled the carpet away and pulled out the wiring loom with the ECU and it had some white liquid on it, and some light corrosion on the relays, very odd.
Hoping it was the fuse, I pulled fuse 11 out, and yippee it was blown, put a new fuse in, and great I had lights. Better still they worked all evening.
Now my question/thought is this. The car has not been in the wet for a while, and it has never had a leak in the past, and as far as I know there is no fluid bearing pipes in that area, or is there?
My only thought is battery acid, could it be battery acid? If it is it must of splashed out on the Surrey run on the last section.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to what the problem could?
David M5 TVR
The heater pipes are in the footwell and contain..... water!
The battery should be sealed and if it is acid there would be a hole in the carpet by now.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
The battery should be sealed and if it is acid there would be a hole in the carpet by now.
Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk
quote:Don't be such a woossy. Have a taste and if it's battery acid y ou'll know. It won't rot your mouth but will give you diorhea that evening! R...
CAREFULLY dab a TINY ammount on the side of your tongue having a cup of water to hand. If it's sour wash your mouth out quickly! And then go to Halfords...
It's also worth considering that a battery can get very hot if massively overcharged (by a faulty alternator) or suffers an internal short. They will generate enough heat to boil the electrolyte (sulphuric acid). The vapour will escape through the breather and condense on surrounding items.
Your blown headlight fuse could point to a higher system voltage causing increased current through the lights, or could be purely coincedental.
Your blown headlight fuse could point to a higher system voltage causing increased current through the lights, or could be purely coincedental.
I think I need a dam good look with daylight and a bright light in the footwell. I had assumed that the fuse went due to a short caused by the liquid, but you suggestion says the liquid maybe caused by a bigger issue.
gulp.
Thanks
David M5 TVR
gulp.
Thanks
David M5 TVR
quote:
It's also worth considering that a battery can get very hot if massively overcharged (by a faulty alternator) or suffers an internal short. They will generate enough heat to boil the electrolyte (sulphuric acid). The vapour will escape through the breather and condense on surrounding items.
Your blown headlight fuse could point to a higher system voltage causing increased current through the lights, or could be purely coincedental.
I was quite suprised(Shouldnt of been,it is a tvr) that the pipes for the heaters that run behind the dash just above the Battery had the wiring loom attached to them with cable ties.
Now i Know that these pipes get Bloody hot so i wouldnt be surprised if they might of melted through some wires, shorting them somewhere, worth a quick gander.
I have used some new cable ties on mine dropping the wiring loom down and away from these pipes.
Simon
Now i Know that these pipes get Bloody hot so i wouldnt be surprised if they might of melted through some wires, shorting them somewhere, worth a quick gander.
I have used some new cable ties on mine dropping the wiring loom down and away from these pipes.
Simon
The problem is solved, my heater matrix is bust. I discoved this this morning attempting to drive round the M25, when my temp gauge went very high, and steam came out of the glove box.
She is now booked into Mole next week for the needed repairs (gulp).
But I have to say thanks to the Griff 500SE who stopped and chatted, and the ex-chim owner (now has a Lotus Esprit) who also stopped to see if I was okay.
Also excellent work from the police and the RAC, for comming to my aid, on what was a nasty bit of road, as I had no hard shoulder, as I had just come off the M25 onto the A3 sliproad.
David M5 TVR
She is now booked into Mole next week for the needed repairs (gulp).
But I have to say thanks to the Griff 500SE who stopped and chatted, and the ex-chim owner (now has a Lotus Esprit) who also stopped to see if I was okay.
Also excellent work from the police and the RAC, for comming to my aid, on what was a nasty bit of road, as I had no hard shoulder, as I had just come off the M25 onto the A3 sliproad.
David M5 TVR
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