They make some stuff you can put on battery terminals to protect them from corrosion. It's usually red in color, as I recall.

I use Deoxit D5, myself, but it can be hard to find.

Brian

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Originally posted by fenderman49:
Anyone know how to treat the terminals after the cleaning? I have been catching the small amounts of corrosion on my negative terminal and have been cleaning it every other oil change. Now it is starting to rust. Good connection, but bad if this is allowed to continue..... would anyone recommend a kind of paint to go on the outer surfaces (where it does not contact the post)? I am planning on replacing the nut/bolt assmebly, but do not want to have to replace the whole cable, and I definitely DO NOT want to cut the original connector off and splice my cable onto a "wal mart" style terminal clamp. Any help would be appreciated.