What makes the powdery white or gray deposits on some of the metal parts around the van batteries? Actually my Vanagon stays pretty free of the deposit, but we inherited a 2.5 Subaru Forester that gets it bad. We stored it down in Californa during the summer and use it as a vacation car. We opened it, around Xmas time to find the battery(disconnected but fully charged) was covered with a whitish powdery deposits, heaviest on the hold-down ring and the clamps, but also under the batt on the tray. I bought another new battery...and cleaned everything up with baking soda, like a good little car guy before installing that one... We brought it back to the NW...(shhhh...I'm hoping to finesse it (the motor) from my wife, eventually..for use in a ....) and I just noticed that the hold-down clamps and the retaining ring is again almost pure white with a fine powdery substance...Both my Ford Diesel trucks do the same thing, but to a lesser degree. What the heck is this stuff and how do you prevent it forming? Don Hanson |
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