Re: '88 80 Battery Questions

[Tony Lum <tlum@flash.net>]

At 10:40 PM 1/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Goto Sears/WalMart/Costco/Pep Boys/NAPA/wherever and look up your car in
>the little book that hangs on the string/chain in front of the wall of
>batteries.  Pick one up.  Remember to smile at the cashier as you pay.....
>
>If you get a sealed battery, you can ignore the little vent tube thingie
>under the cover.
>

If the battery sits inside the car as on the 5000 series I don't advise
ignoring the vent tube.  I found out that battery acid gases were slowly
eating the paint and metal in my '80 5000.  Luckily I caught it in time
before the battery fell thru the floorpan!  Always hook up that vent tube
and dump the corrosives outside the car as Audi intended.  Even the 4000
series have vent tubes even though the battery sits in the engine compartment.

Regards,

-Tony
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Tony Lum                                  1987 5000CS Turbo Quattro
Berkeley, California, U.S.A.                1985 4000CS Quattro
Audi Owner/Driver/Mechanic by Necessity ;^)   1980 5000S Sedan
QCUSA Member #6885                            1987.5 Coupe GT
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