General Maintenance & Repairs - A lot of moisture in tailpipes
maxgee
02-01-2009, 08:38 PM
I drove my car up on ramps to do some front maintenance and the rear spit out a lot of moisture..water and carbon build up in the tail pipe.
Have any of you experienced this and know if this is normal? It was about 45 degrees last night here in S. Florida.
nemss1
02-01-2009, 09:05 PM
yes its normal in low temperatures outside and just condensation buildup
maxgee
02-01-2009, 09:18 PM
yeah, i was thinking that was it, but i saw a l water actually spitting out when i had my son give her some gas while is was on the stands. just checked the cobra and same scenario..........my worries are gone..thanks
nemss1
02-01-2009, 09:23 PM
no prob bro
1 FMF
02-02-2009, 12:58 PM
byproduct of the catalytic converter is water,
the temperature difference and condensation increases the affect so you are seeing water.
watch other cars on the road, you can see quite a bit of water come out of tailpipes under certain conditions, it'll drip drip drip quite a bit, more noticeable on imports where there's only 1 tailpipe with small diameter.
Or if you wash the car and hose water into the muffler that can do it as well.
maxgee
02-02-2009, 09:22 PM
no cats here
but i did more research and it's normal...now with all the extra pipeing i have with my turbo set up, this is the 1st winter i've had it in....noticed a lot more condensation coming from her is all. thanks for the info.