Was cleaning me engine today with engine cleaner getting rid of about 4 years of dirt and noticed that the battery tray had like a lime scale effect on it like the battery acid had been leaking and running onto the tray. I run the engine with the hood open and noticed that the battery was slightly leaking from the top. Problem is its a self maintained calcuim battery (cost about ?60), so is it a fault with the battery itself or is the alternator over charging the battery ? I connected a battery tester to it and the reading was telling me that the alternator was ok and not overcharging ?

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how old is the battery?

battery is about 3 years old, its a halfords calcuim battery.

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could just be a dodgy seal on the battery i suppose?
if i ts a sealed for life jobby then i really have no idea

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fibre is my friend, more to come ;-) SI/T squirrel muncher

id jst get new one .. or see wat halesfords say? maybe try different battery

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Fiesta SI 2.0ltr zetec ... drive it like u stole it !!

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