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Hi all. This isn't actually T3 related, but I suppose it could apply to any vehicle. In addition to my Squareback, I have a '95 Nissan Pickup. The battery died and stranded my wife today. I was able to get it going by jumping it, but it wouldn't start on it's own when we got it home (My wife drove it around the neighborhood for a few minutes with the lights off to try and charge the battery). I cleaned the contacts, and topped off the water. They were not very low at all, but I did notice that the chamber nearest the negative terminal had cloudy, grayish (at least when viewed with my little flashlight) water in it. I checked the voltage and found that it was just over 11 volts. I jumped it again, drove it around for a bit longer this time, shut it off, and I was able to start it again. More driving, I checked the voltage while it was running and I think it was about 11.5. I turned it off and it went up 11.88 or so. I recall that a post on this list said that a standing battery should be about 13 volts, and this is not. I checked the Squareback, and it's battery is at about 13.1. Anyway, on to the question. Is the cloudy-low voltage thing something that can be caused by heat? I'm in Tucson, AZ, and it's been hitting well over 100 degrees here lately. The engine has been fine, but I remember when I last bought a battery (last May or so) that the guy said the summers seem to kill them. I think this is the first time I've topped off this battery, and I used bottled water (which may not have been ideal), but if it's been done previously it's been at some kind of Jiffy Lube place where, I'm assuming, they would use the proper stuff. I hope Checker has this on file because I can't find this %&(*&ing receipt anywhere.... Adam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org