Tube in rear batter compartment...
#11
Just looked at your profile-figures an 09. Def the bat tube. Look to see if it's missing or busted. Go to the dealer under warranty but don't waste your time leaving the car for what is a 2 minute job-could take a week or two for them to get it in stock. Have them call you when it's in-then go.
#13
Vent is grey tube on mine. This needs to be connected & thru to outside for safety..
#14
The whole reasoning for the vent tube on the battery is to allow Hydrogen and other gases that it releases, to vent to the outside atmosphere safely. There have been instances where the gases have ignited above batteries that were old.
My old auto shop teacher actually had that happen to him in the middle of class. He was testing a spark plug wire by grounding it on the frame near the batter. All of a sudden a flash occurred over the battery...
So definitely vent your battery!!!
My old auto shop teacher actually had that happen to him in the middle of class. He was testing a spark plug wire by grounding it on the frame near the batter. All of a sudden a flash occurred over the battery...
So definitely vent your battery!!!
#15
You should reconnect that vent tube, but here is the reality. OSHA requires that the battery be vented outside, since it shares passenger air space in the interior of the car. The new maintenaince free batteries vent very little, if at all, certainly a very small percentage of what non-maintenaince free batteries vent. Having said that, its still wise to make sure that vent is connected, we are talking safety here, regardless of how small an amount of gasses are actually vented. If you are old enough to remember, the old VW bugs of years ago, had their batteries under the back seat, with no outside vent. Everyone managed to survive, but again regardless, make sure your HHR battery is vented outside.
#16
I have a 09 Had the battery replaced by the dealer when under warranty, I just looked and found the grey tube with the nipple just hanging. Can not see anywhere on battery where it could be connected . I thnk the dealer just put in a regular one and left the grey hose to dangle The nipple is just hanging on by a thread. What do you all think?
#17
There is a whole thread on the battery in back, I wrote a lot about this, the battery vents when it is about 80per cent recharged. the oncharge voltage is 2.36 VPC [volts per cell ] the water H2O the hydrogen of 4 per cent per cubic volume is EXPLOSIVE it is lighter thanair and will seek the hightest point to vent.
#20
I have a 09 Had the battery replaced by the dealer when under warranty, I just looked and found the grey tube with the nipple just hanging. Can not see anywhere on battery where it could be connected . I thnk the dealer just put in a regular one and left the grey hose to dangle The nipple is just hanging on by a thread. What do you all think?