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<blockquote data-quote="Boater" data-source="post: 138784" data-attributes="member: 2056"><p>You said that when you poped the caps off the battery you have it looked like tar, I think what your seeing is the lead plates that make up the battery. The level in the battery should be above them, adding distilled water is the correct thing to do. One of the causes of this would be overcharging or charging to high of amperage, which causes heat and will actually boil the water out of the battery. If this is the case it will also damage the plates and after a short time the battery will be junk. Another note on batteries and charging them is not all chargers can be used to charge AGM batteries, so if you switch to AGM's make sure you have a good charger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boater, post: 138784, member: 2056"] You said that when you poped the caps off the battery you have it looked like tar, I think what your seeing is the lead plates that make up the battery. The level in the battery should be above them, adding distilled water is the correct thing to do. One of the causes of this would be overcharging or charging to high of amperage, which causes heat and will actually boil the water out of the battery. If this is the case it will also damage the plates and after a short time the battery will be junk. Another note on batteries and charging them is not all chargers can be used to charge AGM batteries, so if you switch to AGM's make sure you have a good charger. [/QUOTE]
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