egg/sulfur smell from battery

94FormulaBird · 01-10-2014, 10:13 PM

so the cold weather tooks its toll on my fiances car battery the other day...was rough to start but would start...never needed a jump...i took the cables off, there was a little corosion, cleaned em up and it cranked a little better but was still sluggish...she went to walmart and they said they couldnt change it but sold us a battery...havent had a day off to change it... today we are driving around looking for places to rent all over west ashley and we were thinking damn this side of town stinks...come to find out it was the car..popped the hood and it looks like the battery is leaking...i rinsed it off...bout to go outside and change it...should i let it set over night, just run in, anyone had this happen before?

01-10-2014, 10:13 PM	#1
94FormulaBird Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Goose Creek Posts: 763	egg/sulfur smell from battery so the cold weather tooks its toll on my fiances car battery the other day...was rough to start but would start...never needed a jump...i took the cables off, there was a little corosion, cleaned em up and it cranked a little better but was still sluggish...she went to walmart and they said they couldnt change it but sold us a battery...havent had a day off to change it... today we are driving around looking for places to rent all over west ashley and we were thinking damn this side of town stinks...come to find out it was the car..popped the hood and it looks like the battery is leaking...i rinsed it off...bout to go outside and change it...should i let it set over night, just run in, anyone had this happen before? __________________