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Odorless, colorless liquid steamingoff exhaust?

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  • Start date Start date Jul 15, 2006

90_Red_LX

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I bottomed out twice tonight on the way to and leaving a friend's house and when I get home theres a liquid steaming off from the exhaust around where the smog tube would connect (but mines tied off.) It appears to have come from the side of the motor b/c you can see where it ran down, and there was some on my a/c condenser, even though I had it running. Could it have been off the a/c condenser? I've never seen it steam like that before though, or leak that much. I'm worried that I may have damaged something. I'll get a better look tommorow, but I'm wondering what it could be. I assumed it's water but I have no clue where it could've came from as I have a antifreeze/water mix in my radiator and it hasn't rained here in quite some time. Any ideas? Just trying to make sure I didn't hurt my car.
 
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The drain for the A/C box (evporator) is on the passenger side firewall and will put water onto the stock header location.
 

90_Red_LX

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I hope thats it but I've never seen this problem before and I've driven this car daily for over two years. It just kinda worries me since I bottomed out pretty hard.
 
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Should be easy enough to tell... leave the car idling with the AC running full blast and look under the hood for the drain tube.
 
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bsedwebt70-5.0

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my car drips after a/c has been working too - i can hear it sizzling when I cut it off for several minutes - the a/c has a drain tube on the passenger side right over the exhaust and will sometimes POUR water out if the car is turned or off level - also the hard a/c line can get a lot of condensation built up and it will drip too - I will almost guarantee you just have a drip from the a/c and nothing to worry about
 
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iwashmycar

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it was REALLY F'IN HOT out today after all lol

after i park my car it sounds like a frying pan because of the condensation
 
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