Battery leak from fill cap area, can I save it?

IronFist · 05-19-2007, 06:59 PM

Last Pic in gallery page 9.
Battery keeps a good charge. A couple of eye droppers full of acid leaked from the cap area. Cap does not seat properly, pushing on it doesn't help. The leak looks new, like it hasn't been happening long. Did I disasemble the battery wrong? I took green off and taped it, then took red and off and taped it. There was no short.

Question: Can I pull the cap, add water, and reseal it some how? Epoxy? Or will it always keep leaking and it's time to buy another battery. Thanks for any help you can give. N2r

AZ200cc · 05-19-2007, 08:44 PM

I'd trash it, And get a advanced glass mat battery or AGM.
I doubt You could get it to seal again..And acid leaking on bike parts is not a good thing...
I doubt You did anything wrong, unless You dropped it ha ha

katoranger · 05-19-2007, 09:02 PM

Second the get a new one vote. Don't risk getting acid all over everything. Allen

molypod · 05-19-2007, 09:15 PM

I had a bunk Battery from the start and was replaced by dealer..

leaky battery covered by your dealer perhaps?

katoranger · 05-19-2007, 09:18 PM

Mine doesn't hold a charge very well, but it may have been from alot of short trips and starts. I was looking for parts in the junkyard and stopping every 100 yards.

Allen

IronFist · 05-19-2007, 10:39 PM

No moly, technically my bike is still under warranty, but if I see my dealer again I'm afraid I'll just smash him. I can't resist gluing it. I'm waiting for my sprocket so my bike is up on a milk crate anyway. Did the muffler, carb, air filter, sparkplug, mod and now the bike runs great on the milk crate. Moving the battery now. I'll use it to test the bike on the crate. It's a Canadian long weekend, I get my sprocket back on tuesday, I'll pick up a new battery then. I'll switch it out before I ride. Thanks for the advice folks. N2r.

05-19-2007, 06:59 PM	#1
IronFist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada Posts: 2,585	Battery leak from fill cap area, can I save it? Last Pic in gallery page 9. Battery keeps a good charge. A couple of eye droppers full of acid leaked from the cap area. Cap does not seat properly, pushing on it doesn't help. The leak looks new, like it hasn't been happening long. Did I disasemble the battery wrong? I took green off and taped it, then took red and off and taped it. There was no short. Question: Can I pull the cap, add water, and reseal it some how? Epoxy? Or will it always keep leaking and it's time to buy another battery. Thanks for any help you can give. N2r
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05-19-2007, 08:44 PM	#2
AZ200cc Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Show Low Arizona Posts: 2,889	I'd trash it, And get a advanced glass mat battery or AGM. I doubt You could get it to seal again..And acid leaking on bike parts is not a good thing... I doubt You did anything wrong, unless You dropped it ha ha __________________ <br />2001 Suzuki DR200SE<br />1997 Suzuki RM250 YIKES<br />1995 Yamaha Breeze 125 daughters<br />1991 Honda XR80r Restored<br />maybe a 2003 Yamaha TTR90
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05-19-2007, 09:02 PM	#3
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Second the get a new one vote. Don't risk getting acid all over everything. Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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05-19-2007, 09:18 PM	#5
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Mine doesn't hold a charge very well, but it may have been from alot of short trips and starts. I was looking for parts in the junkyard and stopping every 100 yards. Allen __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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05-19-2007, 09:15 PM	#4
molypod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 223	I had a bunk Battery from the start and was replaced by dealer.. leaky battery covered by your dealer perhaps?
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05-19-2007, 10:39 PM	#6
IronFist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada Posts: 2,585	No moly, technically my bike is still under warranty, but if I see my dealer again I'm afraid I'll just smash him. I can't resist gluing it. I'm waiting for my sprocket so my bike is up on a milk crate anyway. Did the muffler, carb, air filter, sparkplug, mod and now the bike runs great on the milk crate. Moving the battery now. I'll use it to test the bike on the crate. It's a Canadian long weekend, I get my sprocket back on tuesday, I'll pick up a new battery then. I'll switch it out before I ride. Thanks for the advice folks. N2r.
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