I just got a new battery and realised that for the last 7 years I've been driving around with no vent pipe.
So I got a vent pipe, I can see a 20mm ish hole in the compartment floor it should go into, but this seems to lead to the top of the exhaust heat shield and I can't find a route past it to the outside world. Surely even Maserati wouldn't just vent acidic fumes on to an Aluminium plate?
It also looks like there should be a grommet in the hole, but I reckon I can find a blind one to fit and ream it out for the pipe.
The other option is that as I've not died for the last 7 years, just coil the vent pipe up and tape it to the side of the battery, though it might get condensation in it then?
Anyone able to point me in the right direction?
thanks
Paul
So I got a vent pipe, I can see a 20mm ish hole in the compartment floor it should go into, but this seems to lead to the top of the exhaust heat shield and I can't find a route past it to the outside world. Surely even Maserati wouldn't just vent acidic fumes on to an Aluminium plate?
It also looks like there should be a grommet in the hole, but I reckon I can find a blind one to fit and ream it out for the pipe.
The other option is that as I've not died for the last 7 years, just coil the vent pipe up and tape it to the side of the battery, though it might get condensation in it then?
Anyone able to point me in the right direction?
thanks
Paul