Could someone please explain to me where i can get this and how to do it?? also how it works and why i need it hahah
J.McWatters
Major Contributor
Under Seat Battery Kit????
Could someone please explain to me where i can get this and how to do it?? also how it works and why i need it hahah
J.McWatters
2 Grand Master
Your battery isnt under your rear seat? I though all 535i e34 batterys were under the rear seat...
Lowered with blue h&r(?) springs, Bilsteins, tint, 19# design 3 injectors, Dual Magnaflow
southwest WA
Big, Big Time Poster
If your battery isn't under the rear seat - where the heck is it? There's not much room under the hood . . .
Curt.
Curt.
1994 530iT (gone but not forgotten since I see it every day!)
1991 M5
Grand Master
i was just going to ask the same thing. where the hell is it?
Green Beret Special Ops
some older ones had them under the hood, I couldnt imagine the placement tho either.
95 E34 530I V2.37
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John F. Kennedy
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No no no i have it under the seat, i meant to say the underseat battery VENT kit that someone mentioned before
J.McWatters
Major Contributor
the vent kit comes with whatever battery you purchase. The design of batteries are different so there isn't a "universal" vent kit. The batteries I've seen that are mfg'd by Johnson Controls (Duralast 49 DL, Interstate MTP-93, DieHard, etc) have the battery vent hole in the center of the battery...and their kit comes attached to the side of the battery and looks like this:Originally Posted by McWatters
No no no i have it under the seat, i meant to say the underseat battery VENT kit that someone mentioned before
J.McWatters
The BMW battery (and Douglas 95R) has the vent hole on the side and connects to the car's hose with a small elbow fitting...it looks like this:
If you have another brand battery...and their is a vent hole in it...you can puchase plastic hosing at your local hardware store and vent your battery that way. Sometimes a previous owner has disconnected the cars vent hose and you may need to buy enough hosing to go from the battery out through the grommet in the battery compartment.
Q
95 525iT / 97 740iL
Major Contributor
Alternetvly you can buy an Optima battery. They are sealed units and are not supposed to outgas hydrogen unless its overcharged.
Grand Master
No way, use the vented batteries. My vent kit!!! ...
is nothing but a tiny clear plastic hose plugging into the battery venting port and going trough the floor groomet just besides the battery.
Javier
Major Contributor
FYI guys- the early ('89-90) M20 525i's have the battery under the hood. It's sort of towards the front of the engine bay, passenger side.
Bret.
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