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I use Liquid Electric Tape, available at hardware stores. It works very well, and is not messy like grease or vaseline is.


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I'm going to go to Autozone and get some protectant to brush over the terminals.

I was looking at youtube videos of how to mix water and baking soda to remove the corrosion but when the AAA guy, he had a spray that did the work nicely.



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I'm going to go to Autozone and get some protectant to brush over the terminals.

I was looking at youtube videos of how to mix water and baking soda to remove the corrosion but when the AAA guy, he had a spray that did the work nicely.


Go to a Deka battery dealer and buy Deka's battery protectant spray, it's like $6 for a 12 ounce can and works REALLY well.
 
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Every time some sucker won’t talk........errrrr I mean every time I check under the hood because why would a car battery be out of the car that would be silly Razz

Seriously though I check battery terminals and tire pressure fairly often.


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I use a waterproof wheel bearing grease. Hit the posts after cleaning them, the inside of the terminals and then a light coat over everything once connected.

The purple spray is the bomb. An old mechanic I worked for in high school said there were all kinds of things you could use, grease, etc, even honey, but his go-to was Caro syrup. The idea is to clean well, then coat with something that doesn’t let the acid or acid fumes in to start the corrosion. Again, the purple spray is the bomb, but don’t get it on your clothes...
 
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We have a 2012 Highlander which actually shares a lot of parts with your platform.
I had the same issue back in the summer. Our battery had actually swollen enough to burst and the positive terminal actually fused to the cable.

I had to soak it in coke for 2 days to get it free. Another day of soaking the battery cables to clean up enough to use them.

The battery tie down had also corroded a hole right in the center. Had to sand and repaint it.

I switched to an AGM battery so I will not have the corrosion problem in the future. Plus I think they hold up better to all the onboard electronic cars have these days.


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I generally look over the engine compartment when I'm waiting for the oil to completely drain.

Same here.



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