2009 Explorer fluid leak?
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2009 Explorer fluid leak?
I've got a 2009 Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer. Every time you start the engine in the garage and back out there is a small wet spot on the floor towards the rear of the vehicle. Say it's dead center like where the drive shaft runs and it's about even with the middle of the back seat doors. It has no odor to it so it's not gas. Any idea what runs through there? There only fluid I come up missing under the hood is windshield washer fluid. Does the supply line for the rear washer run to the back that way? I don't have a lift and can't get under it to look.
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I suspect the fluid is just water that leaked out of the drain hole in the muffler or resonator. Overnight water will condense in the hot exhaust, especially if your area is a bit chilly this time of year. The condensation is perfectly normal and there is even a little hole in most mufflers (and possibly even resonators) to allow excess condensation to drip out.
Additionally, the catalytic converter will convert unburned hydrocarbons in the water as a byproduct as well, and that moisture will contribute to the condensation.
-Rod
Additionally, the catalytic converter will convert unburned hydrocarbons in the water as a byproduct as well, and that moisture will contribute to the condensation.
-Rod
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re:2009 Ford Explorer fluid leak
Thanks for that tip. That I should be able to see laying on the garage floor. I never thought of that and I was in the muffler business almost 15 years. I remember welding exhaust drain holes shut for customers that didn't want rusty water on their garage floors.
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