Droplets of "water" in left exhaust pipe???
Dunamis
04-28-2008, 12:32 PM
Today when allowing my truck to idle I noticed that just in the left hand exhaust pipe has drops of liquid coming out of it. I have true dual. That's probably why it only comes out the left side.
Any input as to what this might be?
Any input as to what this might be?
J-Ri
04-28-2008, 04:50 PM
I would guess that it is water. It is normal to have water condense in the exhaust. I have heard that for every gallon of gas burned, there is one gallon of water put out of the exhaust. I don't know if that is true, but there is water that comes out of the exhaust. As long as you aren't losing coolant, I would say it is normal.
Dunamis
04-28-2008, 07:02 PM
I appreciate the responses!
jveik
04-28-2008, 08:25 PM
yeah water is a natural end-product of combustion, though a lot of water drippage may be bad i suppose because it would indicate a bad head gasket. a lot of cars i follow in traffic will "dump" a little water out the tailpipe when they take off from a stop
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