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Vapor from the tail pipe???

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Skidzz

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I noticed a little over two weeks ago that there seems to be a little bit of water vapor that comes out of my passenger side pipe sometimes. ONLY on the passenger side though. At first i though "oh ****....head gasket". BUT I haven't lost any coolant at all. I've been checking all my fluids every day and everything is full. So it can't be a head gasket because I would've noticed some kind of a loss of coolant by now. I noticed it at first when installing my new CB. When I disconnected the stock CB from the mid-pipe, a little bit of water dripped out. But it was straight up water. The was no coolant in it at all. I'm probably worried over nothing, right?
 

AdRock

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Skidzz said:
I noticed a little over two weeks ago that there seems to be a little bit of water vapor that comes out of my passenger side pipe sometimes. ONLY on the passenger side though. At first i though "oh ****....head gasket". BUT I haven't lost any coolant at all. I've been checking all my fluids every day and everything is full. So it can't be a head gasket because I would've noticed some kind of a loss of coolant by now. I noticed it at first when installing my new CB. When I disconnected the stock CB from the mid-pipe, a little bit of water dripped out. But it was straight up water. The was no coolant in it at all. I'm probably worried over nothing, right?
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i live in South Texas where it gets pretty humid and I have water dripping from my tail,pipes all the time. On some morning there's steam. It's most likely just condensation in the exhaust system. Alot of vehicles do this.
 

Skidzz

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Yea I figured it was nothing, I just needed someone to tell me it was nothing. It was just weird to me that it was only one side of the exhaust doing it.
 

Mirrahasmycar

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your exhaust gets really hot, and the air is cooler so water in the air condenses, and there will be some inside your exhaust that will come out as vapor or just drip out
 

03ghoststang

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yup i get condensation and it looks cool when you revv it and it shoots out but like they said in previous posts thats what it is and it's nothing to worry about
 

timeless2

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You're fine. Wait until you get an off-road pipe and you'll notice the vapors and water droplets even more.
 
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