Battery Corrosion
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yep--used it in my teenage years--but quite honestly I have only had the corrosion problem like this on one other vehicle and no telling how old the battery was (had the car for 5 years and never changed the battery) I've seen some good videos on using coke to clean bugs and rust and such--it tastes pretty good too 
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How does the Coke taste after the soak? 
Thanks for bringing this back to life because I've been trying just about everything to improve my charging system. So I might just go soak my connections anyway for the heck of it and get them all nice and clean. Learning stuff every day here.
Thanks for bringing this back to life because I've been trying just about everything to improve my charging system. So I might just go soak my connections anyway for the heck of it and get them all nice and clean. Learning stuff every day here.
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I have had my '04 X for 11years. Got rid of the motorcraft batteries pretty quick for Optimas. Had them for 7 years. Got AutoZone platinum AGMs to replace Optimas. Just replaced those AGMs Sunday with the same battery. Bottom line, I used dielectric grease on the terminals of all the batteries and have never seen the first sign of corrosion.
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Coke has phosphoric acid in it so it works well for removing oxidation. If you use Diet Coke the sugar is not left behind to make it sticky.
Vaseline, dielectric silicone or No-Ox-It all work but they have to cover all the surfaces. Looking back at new OE cables, what I should have done was to solder the factory crimped cables to wick the solder into that area, then either use heat shrink tubing at the juncture if I could get the tube over the lug or terminal. If tubing was not a practical choose, I'd would have gone with some specialized 3M wrap. Next new vehicle .....
69cj's NoCo suggestion has merit, too.
Vaseline, dielectric silicone or No-Ox-It all work but they have to cover all the surfaces. Looking back at new OE cables, what I should have done was to solder the factory crimped cables to wick the solder into that area, then either use heat shrink tubing at the juncture if I could get the tube over the lug or terminal. If tubing was not a practical choose, I'd would have gone with some specialized 3M wrap. Next new vehicle .....
69cj's NoCo suggestion has merit, too.
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