Thread: consequences for running a battery without vent tube in W210?
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Old 10-28-2006, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by sokoloff View Post
Doesn't take much. I had mine vented and it apparently leaked some gas through a leak in the vent tube splice. Started eating away the paint under the battery in no time. I now use an Optima.

Len
'99 E300TD
Which model Optima battery did you use? The last time I checked (several years ago) Optima did not make a battery for the W210.
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