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Old 04-09-2015, 12:00 PM
Zulfiqar Zulfiqar is offline
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Originally Posted by jay_bob View Post
Just bear in mind, any application where the battery is inside the passenger compartment or trunk must be an AGM due to acid leakage in an accident as well as the vapor discharge. A flooded battery inside the passenger compartment is not safe in an accident and will cause corrosion of the battery area.
My W210 has a flooded battery under the seat, It also has a vent tube connected to it which hangs outside the car. All vapors vent outside. I can see it would not be a good battery if the car was flipped on to its roof - I think I would have more problems at that time though.
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