The CRV wouldn’t start. It’s been 2.5 years on the duralast gold battery. Haven’t checked the individual cells for distilled water. Guess what 4 out of 6 cells are low. Hopefully this works. May just start checking once a year now, lol.
Gotta love a dead battery
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Texas is darn hard on batteries and low cells kill batteries. In Texas in the summer I'd check that battery at least once a month if not more. If recollection serves me correctly those CRV don't have what you could call a real large battery.
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Originally Posted By: JohnnyJohnson
Texas is darn hard on batteries and low cells kill batteries. In Texas in the summer I'd check that battery at least once a month if not more. If recollection serves me correctly those CRV don't have what you could call a real large battery.
Originally Posted By: CT8
How low is low on the electrolite? ? I have trouble with batteries lasting 3 years.
Originally Posted By: ARB1977
The CRV wouldn’t start. It’s been 2.5 years on the duralast gold battery. Haven’t checked the individual cells for distilled water. Guess what 4 out of 6 cells are low. Hopefully this works. May just start checking once a year now, lol.
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Originally Posted By: CT8
How low is low on the electrolite? ? I have trouble with batteries lasting 3 years.
Originally Posted By: JC1
I check the water every year on my Batteries, clean the terminals and posts yearly and apply something to prevent corrosion on the terminals (Fluid film currently). Just changed the battery on the Civic last month. It lasted 10 years and is only the second battery replaced in 20 years. OEM lasted 10 years as well.
Car is parked in a garage now, so the cold starts aren't as extreme, but the first 6 years I owned the car it was never parked in a garage.
Originally Posted By: ARB1977
The CRV wouldn’t start. It’s been 2.5 years on the duralast gold battery. Haven’t checked the individual cells for distilled water. Guess what 4 out of 6 cells are low. Hopefully this works. May just start checking once a year now, lol.
Was Honda putting the tiny 51R batteries in CRVs in 2008? If so you may want to upgrade to a group 24F or 35. Probably more important in cold weather climes but a larger battery won't cost much more and will likely have a longer life, even in your area.
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The plates have been damaged from low electrolyte level. Get a new battery or that one will leave you stranded at the worst possible time
Duralast Gold has a 36 month over the counter exchange if your battery tests bad. Just a heads up.
Here in Texas I've never had a battery last over 36 months. Well, once I did......it croaked @ 37 one month out of replacement warranty.
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Just changed the battery on the Civic last month. It lasted 10 years and is only the second battery replaced in 20 years. OEM lasted 10 years as well.
Originally Posted By: Danh
Was Honda putting the tiny 51R batteries in CRVs in 2008? If so you may want to upgrade to a group 24F or 35. Probably more important in cold weather climes but a larger battery won't cost much more and will likely have a longer life, even in your area.
Get an AGM battery for your size. I use the Exide Orbital / Bosch AGM for the 51r size.
I Would hit AZ up for a warranty replacement. TX may be hard on batteries. But losing water is a sign of over charging.
I did fill it back up. Still slow to crank. Took it to auto zone to have it tested and sure enough it’s bad. New replacement under warranty is a good thing. Going to make a habit in checking the cells every six months.
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I Would hit AZ up for a warranty replacement. TX may be hard on batteries. But losing water is a sign of over charging.
Originally Posted By: RTexasF
Duralast Gold has a 36 month over the counter exchange if your battery tests bad. Just a heads up.
Here in Texas I've never had a battery last over 36 months. Well, once I did......it croaked @ 37 one month out of replacement warranty.
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Just changed the battery on the Civic last month. It lasted 10 years and is only the second battery replaced in 20 years. OEM lasted 10 years as well.
If it was low and you added water it will have to be boosted to mix it with the acid before it regains it's final specific gravity. If it was so low the plates were exposed for any length of time that area of the plate is damaged.
I would inspect more frequently and add less water keeping it below the high fill mark where you get the meniscus. https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=2220
Most problems with serviceable batteries is adding too much water and then this weakens the battery and also leads to acid on the cover. Acid on the cover lost from the battery further weakens the battery.
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