watter from exhaust?

chucks1967

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I recently replaced my intake with a performer, and now Im getting moisture out of my exhaust. actually its not a lot, but when i rev the engine and look behind the car, there is a wet splotch under each pipe with black carbon... I was thinking it was anti-freeze, and it was leaking arround the intake gasket, but its not anti-freeze at the exhaust, well it dosent smell like it, and its not green. Just pure water. any help?

 

deltascrew

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i had the same problem, it was the intake gasket. it was clear water with no smell dripping from both exhaust pipes. I am guesing that the heat from the exhaust boils out the antfreeze????

 

rbohm

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two possibilities;

1: it is mere condensation due to more efficient combustion, and is nothing to worry about.

2: the intake gasket is leaking. replace it, put a thin coat of rtv around the coolant passages on both sides of the gasket, and torque the intake to 30ft/lbs in three steps.

 

BarnStang

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If it was not doing it before the intake swap...
Is the coolent level in the radiater dropping? If it is, then you have a leak. Check that first, but it sounds like you will find the radiater level getting low.

 

chucks1967

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will it cause issue to run it until im sure that the coolent level is or not droping

 

BarnStang

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Not until you run out of coolent and it overheats. Just pull the cap when it's cooled off and look.

 

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Rbohm is right with #1. The water is usually just a byproduct of combustion--normal and expected. You might not have noticed it before. If you don't smell antifreeze burning and don't notice it disappearing, I wouldn't worry about it. When the engine warms up, you won't see it anymore (although it will still be there).

 

65ShelbyClone

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It's also possible that your sparkplugs will be clean if you're sucking coolant.

However, my '68 puffs quite a bit of steam when it's cool out and loses no coolant. Actually, all my cars do that. It's a normal byproduct of an oxidation reaction like burning fuel. There is hydrogen in the fuel and oxygen in the air, so a lot of it becomes H2O.

 

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especially if your mufflers build up condensation inside like mine do.

 

65fastbackresto

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My car does it too

at least till the motor is warm, it`ll drip out of the pipes for 5 or 10 minutes then stop.