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

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


By a battery post cleaner at your local auto parts store for a couple of
bucks. Spend an additional dollar and get a pair of the washers to put
underneath the connectors, to inhibit future corrosion.

Jon