Ford Explorer: maintenance free battery?

can you even BUY a battery that isn't maintenance free anymore ?

I don't recall the last time I ever saw a battery for sale that you could
add water to, except for motorcycles, jetskis, etc...



"steve" <net> wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:42:16 -0700, "Chief Wiggum" <com>
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Every battery I've bought for the last 10 years has had the flat,
3-at-a-time caps that you pop off to add water. It's rare to see any
of the permanently sealed, maintenance free batteries anymore in my
experience. Maybe Delco is still making them - when I was using
Delcos they rarely lasted more then 2 years and some only 1 year.

 

The cover is just a heat shield so your battery doesn't fry in the
summer. Look and you will se a duct opening in the cover by the driver
side headlight. When you get a new battery I'd put it back on.

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check out Optima batteries.


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They have caps, but they ARE maintenance free.

I haven't seen a "non maint free" battery in YEARS !

Around here a battery rarely lasts for more than 3 years regardless of
maintenance, or brand

(except of course Die Hards... they NEVER last more than 12 months)

"AZGuy" <net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:35:32 -0700, "Chief Wiggum" <com>
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They are only maintenance free if you choose to not maintain them.
Otherwise they would not bother with the caps.
 

Whatever...

The point is the OP asked if a maint free batt was required for use under
the heat shield.
Since the batteries ARE maint free, they can be used without concern of
having to pull the shield off periodically.

Or, you could be extreme and buy an OPTIMA battery (no filler caps there !)
Not rare at all, just expensive !


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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:00:36 -0700, "Chief Wiggum" <com>
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Perhaps whatever YOU are buying ARE maintenance free. Do not presume
to tell me that the ones *I* buy are the same as yours. Mine do NOT
claim to be maintenance free and are NOT maintenance free - that's why
they put removable caps on them.



they can be used without concern of