richardg

not on my scoob, but a kit car i have
may be a silly question, but is this a bad thing? i started wondering whether the copper was being stripped from the coil and deposited on the battery terminals due to some fault somewhere.

i presume it's copper - it's that colour but appears to be almost liquid - bit like a paste of some sort.

i'm no expert, so thought i would ask the question here first!

alcazar

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Someone hasn't coated the terminals with Copperslip have they?

Alcazar

richardg

good question - to increase conductivity i assume? haven't heard of copperslip before and the only people who have touched my engine except mac 1 motorsports and me are a local garage who ran it through the mot for me a couple of weeks ago. i'll ask them i think! thanks for the tip

richardg

alcazar - had a quick look on the web for copperslip/copaslip and having read a little about the stuff (the garage is closed so can't answer the question for me until monday morning) you could be right.

i'm less concerned now so going out for a blast!

richardg

well spotted alcazar, it is copaslip. garage just confirmed
as they say, "you learn something new every day"

alcazar

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They also use it to stop sulphating/corrosion of the terminals.

Alcazar

richardg

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