Excessive water from tailpipe
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Excessive water from tailpipe
When I warm up my 98 Explorer 4.0L EFI, even when its not that cold I get a good size puddle of water under the end of the tailpipe. I know some is normal but this seems to be a bit much. Could it be a bad lower intake manifold gasket? Thoughts please.
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i have a buddy that had this problem and water was gushing out of his tailpipe..(chevy van go figure) problem was a blown head gasket...however 2 bottles of raidator stop leak crap (kind with copper flakes in it) slowed it down a bit..of course his tailpipe looked lke niagra falls
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One way to check a head gasket is with the engine cold, remove the radiator cap, and rev up the engine. If water comes gushing out the top, you could have a blown head gasket. You should also check for any signs of emulsion in the oil.
