Battery Vent

[lmoengnr]

Pop down to the pet shop, buy a gold fish and a 5mm elbow and some tube. Or Bunnings and you can get a crap sausage too.

Which tastes better, goldfish or crap sausage?

 

[Dayvo]

Which tastes better, goldfish or crap sausage?

Depends if you put the onions on the top .

 

[Lex]

Depends if you put the onions on the top

What if the onions are on the bottom?

 

[rucxy]

What if the onions are on the bottom?

You won't slip over and land on your arse..

 

[MRVT]

What battery have you got? Post a pic.
You probably need to do this job then, but I'm assuming wagons and sedans are the same...

 

[MRVT]

I spoke to my mechanic today and he said u dont have to have a vent cause most new batterys are sealed and not like the old ones where they had screw caps on top and acid would come out. I had a look at my ve sv6 wagon tonight it don't have one although the grommet was there and my acdelco battery had both holes. Why wasn't it fitted from factory if this is so important????

 

[lmoengnr]

I spoke to my mechanic today and he said u dont have to have a vent cause most new batterys are sealed and not like the old ones where they had screw caps on top and acid would come out. I had a look at my ve sv6 wagon tonight it don't have one although the grommet was there and my acdelco battery had both holes. Why wasn't it fitted from factory if this is so important????

Your mechanic is incorrect, and it is important to vent the battery, especially in a VE/VF.
The smart charging system pumps the voltage back to the battery after starting, and the battery will gas.
And because VE/VF sedans, wagons and utes all have the battery mounted within the passenger cabin, it need to vent externally.
I've seen pics of a week old SS ute, that had a kink in the vent tube, and the battery burst from the pressure build up.
The ute was written off.

 

[MRVT]

If the battery has 2 vent holes why did holden only supply with only the one or did they use a T piece originally into the one hole in the cars body.

 

[Fu Manchu]

One hole capped.
Single tube.
My solution is vent both holes and fix up the poor condition of the tube for $10

 

[HarryHoudini]

If the battery has 2 vent holes why did holden only supply with only the one or did they use a T piece originally into the one hole in the cars body.

When new both vents should be plugged,you take the plug out of the end that is vented by the factory for that model.Dual purpose battery depending on how its mounted.