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Old 06-25-2008, 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Joe View Post
You certainly can be boiling off the water (if the case is not cracked. )
Your voltage reg might be shot, cheap fix, but it will kill batteries.

When mine was boiling the battery, I could smell it.
Now that you mention it I can smell mine too.

Almost a sulfur-y smell at times.

I have an extra regulator in my car but I just bought the alternator about a year ago.
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