a while back my 99 5th gen had a prob starting...just clicking and then id hold the key down and it would click click then start to turn over. turned out there was just acid and corrosion on the terminals cleaned em up and it worked fine..that was 3 months ago now theres 2 x as much corrosion and its doing it again...whats causing the build up on my battery..is it the battery or is it something worse/else

thanks

 

You can get some kind of gel at Autozone, Pepboys or whatever that stops the corrosion.

 

^Word. If for some reason that's not good enough, then your luck pretty much sucks, but other things to consider would be: you live in a town named after some falls? Freshwater or saltwater, and how close? That could (doubtfully, but possibly) be part of it. Could also look into getting a maintainance free battery. Less likely to leak or corrode. (optima batteries = kick ass)

 

yea..i had used petroleum jelly and past cars and never had a problem..i totally forgot about that though.. lol...i assume the gel is very simular...thanks for the help though..im gonna just buy a new battery soon n e way and i was already thinkin optima

thanks alot... oh and wappingers falls is freshwater and im far from them...just south of poughkeepsie NY if u know where that is

 

the corrosion is caused by leaking battery acid. if you just replaced your cables and not the battery then you will end up with the same problem every time. if the new cables are correded you need to replace them asap. corrosion is like cancer and it will work its way to the power distribution box and fuck all that shit up, then your really going to be in trouble