Red stuff on battery terminals?

[blacksmaru]

K, i was washing my V yesterday and while cleaning under the hood i noticed this red substance on my battery terminals, is this some kind of corrosion? I`m used to the white powdery corrosion on older cars so i have no clue, lol ... i just got my 10k service done too so maybe its some sort of anti corrosive?

[MinisterofDOOM]

Yeah, it looks like acid/corrosion prevention coating.

[DejaWiz]

It's battery terminal protector and it does help prevent corrosion.

Permatex makes some that will probably be the same shade of red, if that's a concern for anyone.

http://www.permatex.com/produc...r.htm

[AZhitman]

Good stuff. Buy some.

[Visaversa]

I'm quite sure the dealership sprayed it as part of your 10K service. We use to do the same when I use to work for Mazda years ago. You'll probably also see white lithium grease around your door hinges and other places of friction.

[blacksmaru]

cool, thanks for the info guys, i never knew they did all that... wish they would have put that on my print out when i picked up my v, lol

[hellohello1]

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