Pos side terminal problem

Happened to me. Pos side terminal cracked at teh housing on my 2002 leaked
battery acid on my AC lines and Wiring harness. It was a mess. I fixed it no
biggie nuetralized the acid and away we go. That being said you should sell
your Saturn and find another car to buy. It looks like no matter what you
will not like the car. Loose the stress.

n/t

DK666

"TheSnipe at anti-spamdotmemindspringdotmecom" >
wrote in message ...
>I liked my Saturn better this morning than this afternoon... When the
> thing played FORD! I've never seen anything like this before on any
> vehicle I've ever had over the years since the early 70's.
>
> I've had cars play dead before, but not with the cause this one had.
>
> This 2000 SL1 is the first vehicle I can recall ever having a side
> mount battery terminal battery and it will be the last one if I have
> any choices at all in the next vehicles I get. I've had top mount
> terminals work loose and have poor connections.
>
> Once I figured out what the problem was, after thinking it was a short
> that had drained the battery, because sometimes the lights on the dash
> would flicker on when the problem first materialized as I turned the
> ignition key, I was under the hood poking things checking fuses and
> uttering pleasentries as I went. I tug at the terminal cables to see
> if they were loose and the red side pops off the battery ! Beautiful
> ! Dead Saturn ! AKA F.O.R.D. !
>
> The only "luck" in any of it is that the terminal went south in the
> parking lot of a video store that has a "Advanced Automotive" parts
> shop across the street...and I happen to have a took kit with enough
> odd sized items in it to get the damned connectors freed.
>
> I used a Safeway shopping cart to take the leaking battery in a
> cardboard box I fished out of a nearby pile over to the parts store.
> $57.66 later I'm back in business except I need to douche out the
> engine compartment with baking soda and water to neutralize the
> battery juice that's leaked out into the plastic tray under the
> battery...and who knows where else.
>
> Before heading to the Autoparts store I foolishly went to an even
> closer Sonoco gas station (just the other side of the video store
> parking lot) and got quoted a rip off $89 plus tax and "installation"
> for a battery from them - and the nub even had the balls to tell me
> the car would have to be brought in to his repair bay to get the
> battery put in...to which I replied if the car could move I'd not have
> bothered him... Off to the part store ! What a prick...or idiot !
>
> May the Saturn god be appeased and keep this one rolling a long time
> before it next decides to play FORD !

Ed Tackett wrote:
> Happened to me. Pos side terminal cracked at teh housing on my 2002
leaked
> battery acid on my AC lines and Wiring harness. It was a mess. I
fixed it no
> biggie nuetralized the acid and away we go. That being said you
should sell
> your Saturn and find another car to buy. It looks like no matter what
you
> will not like the car. Loose the stress.

Same leak problem here today on my '02 SL2 - suppose I should have
taken the "36 month battery" much more seriously...it lasted 38 months.
Couldn't tell there was a leak at all until I unscrewed the positive
terminal - or more correctly gave the terminal 1/2 turn before the post
broke off inside the old battery. Fortunately the battery acid was
contained in the tray - baking soda and water doing the trick right
now.

What irks me is that my other Saturn ('01 LW300) had just about the
same problem 6 months ago. And I thought it was just a fluke. So it
goes.

OD