Asking advice from the frozen north.

[Slap Stick]

I have been running that very same battery for 8 years or so. Unfortunately Optima was bought out by Johnson Controls who shut down the factory and moved it to Mexico. Unfortunately the quality and warranty took a dump. I have heard lots of negative comments about them ever since. It's so sad that a business is never happy making a healthy profit anymore; the new business model is "Engulf & Devour."

Johnson Controls sold their battery business to Brookfield Business Partners in May 2019. It is now known as Clarios.

 

[67440chrg]

Thanks for the comments I recleaned everything and checked all the ground connections. It could use a oil change so I may put full synthetic instead of blend. Its got 195,000 miles ticks a little when first started but I have had it sense new and plan on keeping it until it finishes rusting away. I have done almost everything it has ever needed so I know it well.
Thanks guys! Stay warm.

 

[multimopes]

Johnson Controls sold their battery business to Brookfield Business Partners in May 2019. It is now known as Clarios.

Perhaps they should shorten it and tweak it slightly to "Chaos"! It's easier to remember, at least for me. I heard that it was a Canadian business group but didn't know the name.
I once had a battery last 16 years and it still cranked okay but not so good when the outside air dropped to the low teens.