Battery blew up trying to start car?
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12-22-2009 | 02:43 PM
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My Car is at Motorwerks,Akram finished blowing out all the vent tubes. He is replacing the plastic cowl piece,new Battery & while it is at the shop I'm having him put in a 997 SSK. Everything looks ok under the Battery tray,no corrosive damage that we can see.
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12-22-2009 | 02:46 PM
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Ok guys, if you want to be thorough do what I did with my vehicle out West. It's run 3 - 4 weeks of the year almost 4 years now, no issues same Kirkland (Costco) battery.
I've set up the garage with a marine shore charger; ucontroller monitored, temperature compensated and all kinds of safety devices in place.
I've set up the garage with a marine shore charger; ucontroller monitored, temperature compensated and all kinds of safety devices in place.
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12-22-2009 | 02:52 PM
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good to hear paulie ... don't forget to post what you think about the 997 ssk. i got the regular 997 shifter and although it's better than the original im not overly thrilled with the excursion of the shifter -- still too much
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12-29-2009 | 12:18 AM
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Just got and plugged a porsche battery maintainer. You guys got me worried. How about unplugging the damn thing a day before actualy starting the car. That should prevent this type of issues and keep the battery in top shape... I winter drive my car but it sits a lot in winter months as I try not to take it out on crappy days...
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12-29-2009 | 05:56 AM
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Art I hope everything is going OK,I wish your mother a fast recovery.
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12-29-2009 | 08:27 AM
That or to strangle herself .........
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12-29-2009 | 09:45 AM
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I went to drive the GT2 this morning,took off the Porsche trickle charger, turned the key & POW a semi loud explosion from under the hood, everything went dead & smoke was coming out from under the hood.
I finally was able to jump the hood open using my other battery tender. The Battery was in pieces and I started pouring baking soda mixed with water over everything. I have no idea what happened,maybe someone might have some insight?
I finally was able to jump the hood open using my other battery tender. The Battery was in pieces and I started pouring baking soda mixed with water over everything. I have no idea what happened,maybe someone might have some insight?
#71
12-29-2009 | 10:06 AM
I'll admit it was possibly me. Skinny White Dude Racing has moved into the Porsche tuning industry, well we tried to until this happened. We use a hybrid version of LS1Edit and HP-Tuners to do some mad programming to the Porsche. What really happened was Paulie was making so much HP it made the battery go kaboom!
I hope that was the case at least... If not it had to be that wiring job Sean did on Paulies new radar. I told him to make sure he put the connectors on the right terminals on the battery.
I hope that was the case at least... If not it had to be that wiring job Sean did on Paulies new radar. I told him to make sure he put the connectors on the right terminals on the battery.
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12-29-2009 | 03:30 PM
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Ok guys, if you want to be thorough do what I did with my vehicle out West. It's run 3 - 4 weeks of the year almost 4 years now, no issues same Kirkland (Costco) battery.
I've set up the garage with a marine shore charger; ucontroller monitored, temperature compensated and all kinds of safety devices in place.
I've set up the garage with a marine shore charger; ucontroller monitored, temperature compensated and all kinds of safety devices in place.