So you’ve come out to your car, cranked the starter, and found that your car is dead? And after popping the hood and inspecting the battery, you’ve found corrosion around the car’s battery terminals ...

What's that powdery, crystallized stuff inside your battery case? Classic battery corrosion. While it can be a frustrating and potentially dangerous matter to resolve, it isn't usually hard to clean ...

If you ever find yourself with a car that won’t start because of corroded battery terminals, you can get yourself going again with just a can of Coca Cola. I’m from the south, where we know that Coca ...

My truck, mostly due to age, has needed some routine maintenance recently. About two weeks ago I was changing the air filter when I noticed that my battery terminals were REALLY corroded. I made a ...

Loose or corroded battery terminals restrict electrical power from reaching the rest of the vehicle, making it difficult to start even with a jump. Remove the cables from the terminals and clean them ...

Double A batteries are great. Until you leave a camera in a drawer for awhile and the batteries leak and make a mess. I was traveling and bought off-brand batteries at a gas station. The corrosion ...

Question: There is a fluffy white/blue deposit at the base of the positive-terminal post of my battery. The service manager’s explanation is: This is perfectly normal for a sealed battery. When a ...

Technicians should tailor electrical terminal cleaning methods to the specific condition and application at hand. Experience has shown, after all, that there's no single, standard method suitable to ...