something to worry? Bubble or bulge on the side of my car battery

[holden j caufield]

Went to clean the terminals on saw kind of a bubble on the side of the battery

 

[Arkaign]

PULL. REPLACE. NOW.

A good new battery in peace of mind alone is worth far more than the potential disaster that could be. Pretty much all batteries are made of separate cells within a container. The fact that it's bulging means that one or more of the cells is undeniably leaking/swelling, which can easily lead to such nasty things as : fire, sparks, acid spreading to surrounding areas, unstable current, shorting, etc.

 

[CptCrunch]

^^^^^^x2

 

[DougK62]

Do you want to go to start your car and have the battery explode? It happened to me. Not pretty.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Batteries are cheap enough, and they do need replacing every so often. Consider it a wear item.

 

[holden j caufield]

k thx, replaced it

 

[mike2fix]

You also should have the charging system checked to make sure the battery was not being overcharged, causing the bubble/bulge on the battery.