I think they will replace it if you show it is below the manufacturers limits - probably 13.3 or 13.4 They have been good replacing batteries for me around here -
Find another AA and see what they will do. Some parts sellers are overzealous - even if they don;t know what it means. Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs . ----- Original Message ----- From: "archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: [MBZ] Warning on Autocraft Titanium A battery from Advance Auto > WARNING! If you buy an Autocraft Titanium battery be sure and check the > cells electrolyte levels before installing. > I stopped in an Advance Auto store to buy ATF on a Sunday evening about > two > months ago. The car wouldn't start when I left so I bought one of their > Titanium A batteries. Saturday I serviced the car and checked the > electrolyte levels in the battery. Two cells were dry and it required two > to three ounces of distilled water to bring them up to the correct level. > The other cells sp.gr. was in the red zone 11.50-11.75. > After driving two days, the two cells I had added water to were still in > the > red zone but the other cells had come up almost to normal. I suspect > these > two cells were damaged by driving it two months with very low electrolyte. > > No one at Advanced Auto had ever heard of checking the sp.gr. or had any > knowledge of what it meant, and they refused to give me a new battery. > > I checked the voltage when I serviced the car on Saturday and it was 13.7 > volts. I checked it today and it was only 12.5 volts. I'm wondering if > the > battery might be drawing too much current and might have damaged the > diodes > in the alternator? > Gerry Archer > '83 300D and 240D > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: > 9/26/2007 12:12 PM > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
