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jflip2002
07-20-2005, 04:16 AM
Has anyone here ever had their battery crack or explode? I was in San Louis this weekend, and all of a sudden my car wouldnt start. After push starting it (yes, a sad site, pushing a BMW), I got home and looked. I noticed the battery was cracked, and it was the stock battery. I was just wondering if that happened to anyone with the stock or with an aftermarket OE battery!

LN318TI
07-21-2005, 10:42 PM
Has anyone here ever had their battery crack or explode? I was in San Louis this weekend, and all of a sudden my car wouldnt start. After push starting it (yes, a sad site, pushing a BMW), I got home and looked. I noticed the battery was cracked, and it was the stock battery. I was just wondering if that happened to anyone with the stock or with an aftermarket OE battery!

my whole battery blew up when I turned the key i think the mafia was after me lol :2gun:

pdxmotorhead
07-21-2005, 11:29 PM
Not un-common in standard lead acid batteries. Hydrogen gas builds up and
if the battery plate-shorts internally boom.

Thas why BMW uses teh vent hose.

I reccomend an http://www.odysseybatteries.com/

They are sealed. And you can get massive power out of a small battery.
Just open your wallet and close your eyes.... It'l only hurt for a minute...

Dave

jflip2002
07-22-2005, 01:48 AM
I bought an interstate. It was $108 because i had to get it retail..... woulda been $68 my cost if i wasnt stranded out of town.