purple goo on battery terminals?

[GiganticPrune 10+ year member]

so this is new to me. wasnt like this before. its purple, and gooey, and ithink it smelled like spray paint.

whats goin on here?

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[jailhouseracer8 10+ year member]

looks like some battery terminal protector/cleaner. this in ur ride?

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Waz you eating a jam sammich while you were checking your oil?

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

lol, whatever it is it doesn't look harmful

 

[GiganticPrune 10+ year member]

yeah its my car. i jsut went to do some exhaust work. and its purple.

no terminal cleaner ever used

edit...i did just go to a different oil change place...maybe they put on some cleaner.

 

[imfrumthawest 10+ year member]

you should smell my white goo.

 

[jailhouseracer8 10+ year member]

i bet they did......i have some stp battery terminal cleaner/protectant. its in a spray can, and comes out smelling like spray paint just as u described! and same color!

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

yeah it's probably just anti-corrosion gel

 

[GiganticPrune 10+ year member]

ahhh. mystery solved

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

ask the shop that did the oil change just to make sure..