changing battery and a clear tubing
02-13-2006, 01:30 AM
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changing battery and a clear tubing
I have a 2001 CLK. The battery died because I have not been driving it recently.
I am trying to change the battery, and I noticed a clear tubing connected to the battery. The tubing seems to drain some kind of fluid from the battery. Does anyone know what this tubing is for? Does this mean that I need to buy a special battery that uses this drainage tubing?
Do I just pull the tube out and connect to the new battery?
I am trying to change the battery, and I noticed a clear tubing connected to the battery. The tubing seems to drain some kind of fluid from the battery. Does anyone know what this tubing is for? Does this mean that I need to buy a special battery that uses this drainage tubing?
Do I just pull the tube out and connect to the new battery?
02-13-2006, 10:33 AM
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The tube is for venting possible gases outside the trunk when charging the battery (= driving the car).
OEM batteries have the connection on the battery, but a good third party supplier should have them too special for MB (and the polarity is right too.)
So leave the tube where it is, just pull it off the battery.
Success.
Tony.
OEM batteries have the connection on the battery, but a good third party supplier should have them too special for MB (and the polarity is right too.)
So leave the tube where it is, just pull it off the battery.
Success.
Tony.
02-13-2006, 02:09 PM
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If you replace it with a sealed battery that has no vent, then the tube really has no purpose. I would just leave it in there to plug the hole.
02-14-2006, 08:38 PM
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2002 CLK 320 coupe, Black
Life of Battery
Does anyone have any information on the typical life expectancy of the factort installed battery in a 2002 CLK 320? Not sure I want to be stranded in a remote area with a weak, or dead, battery, so I often try to replace them sometime around the end of their normal life expectancy, if such a thing exists.
02-15-2006, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by OBXbeachBUM
Does anyone have any information on the typical life expectancy of the factort installed battery in a 2002 CLK 320? Not sure I want to be stranded in a remote area with a weak, or dead, battery, so I often try to replace them sometime around the end of their normal life expectancy, if such a thing exists.
