We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It's been a longstanding myth that Coca-Cola, other kinds of soda pop, or any acidic drink is effective at removing corrosion from your car's ...

So you’ve come out to your car, cranked the starter, and found that your car is dead? And after popping the hood and inspecting the battery, you’ve found corrosion around the car’s battery terminals ...

What's that powdery, crystallized stuff inside your battery case? Classic battery corrosion. While it can be a frustrating and potentially dangerous matter to resolve, it isn't usually hard to clean ...

At least one out of every three vehicles has corrosion around the battery terminals. Many drivers never give it any thought, since they do not think it is important enough to include in their regular ...

I'm sure anyone who's ever jump-started a car, replaced a car battery, or built a small 12V DIY nipple-torture device has seen this: a powdery, white and blue and maybe sometimes green substance on ...

Q: I need your advice about the 2014 Subaru Outback that we recently bought from a dealer. I went to check the oil and saw that the positive and negative battery terminals were full of white corrosion ...

Q–I recently asked a mechanic why I was slowly getting corrosion deposits around my battery terminal. He informed me that it was because I bought a cheap $75 battery that was leaking gases. He advised ...

Dear Tom and Ray: There is a fluffy white/blue deposit at the base of the positive-terminal post of my battery. The service manager's explanation is: This is perfectly normal for a sealed battery.