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Default Should I clean car battery terminals? and if so how?

On Mar 21, 10:02*pm, Mikepier wrote:
On Mar 21, 10:54*pm, blueman wrote:

Perhaps not technically home repair but my car is like an extension of
my home...


Anyway, I noticed that there is a lot of "crud" (grainy white/green
stuff - looks like dried toothpaste) on the positive (red) terminal of
my car battery.


Car otherwise works & looks fine.


Question:
- Is it important to clean the crud off?
- What is the best & also easiest/fastest way to do it?


Thanks


Its a good idea to prevent future problems. Just remove from the
battery terminal, clean with a wire brush, then put some grease, or
some battery terminal coating on it and your good to go.


If you wash it off, use a baking soda solution to neutralize the acid.