# Saturn eats batteries

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/saturn-eats-batteries/37795>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sl, saturn\
**Created:** [October 8, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saturn-eats-batteries/37795 "2009-10-08T15:17:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saturn-eats-batteries/37795/21 "2009-11-08T23:40:22Z")

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Is there anyway you can keep the battery a little cooler?

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**Author:** ![rgsparber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rgsparber](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rgsparber)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saturn-eats-batteries/37795/22 "2009-11-08T23:51:28Z")

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Well, we are in “winter” now so will see if the cooler weather has any impact on the problem.

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**Author:** ![rgsparber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rgsparber](https://community.cartalk.com/u/rgsparber)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saturn-eats-batteries/37795/23 "2010-03-21T16:13:13Z")

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It has now been almost 5 months and it appears that the root cause of the problem was a series of bad (new) batteries. When I bought a new battery for my other Saturn, I paid a lot more in hopes of not getting a series of lemons. It was suggested to me that during the summer I dump a bucket of cold, clean water on the battery to wash off the accumulated acid deposits. I don’t see any harm and it might help.

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