How much water is normal?
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How much water is normal?
Hello everyone. I've tried to search for my answer over the Internet but couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer, mainly because my question is two-part.
Lately I've noticed a lot of water (more than normal, "normal" being very little) coming from both of my tail pipes (dual out muffler). I have never had a lot of water come from my tailpipes in any of my exhaust systems until now. Maybe this is an another idiot post and I apologize if so, but I'm not sure if this is something I need to worry about or not.
I have my first converter but I'm not sure if it's gutted or not. Second cat is gone. Muffler is baffled.
Anyone have any ideas why my truck is producing a large amount of water?
Is it due to the weather? My truck SHOULD produce more water in cooler temperatures than warmer, right? I.E. 95 degree days as opposed to 70?
The only reason I'm bringing this up is because my truck has never produced this much water. It's almost alarming, ha.
Lately I've noticed a lot of water (more than normal, "normal" being very little) coming from both of my tail pipes (dual out muffler). I have never had a lot of water come from my tailpipes in any of my exhaust systems until now. Maybe this is an another idiot post and I apologize if so, but I'm not sure if this is something I need to worry about or not.
I have my first converter but I'm not sure if it's gutted or not. Second cat is gone. Muffler is baffled.
Anyone have any ideas why my truck is producing a large amount of water?
Is it due to the weather? My truck SHOULD produce more water in cooler temperatures than warmer, right? I.E. 95 degree days as opposed to 70?
The only reason I'm bringing this up is because my truck has never produced this much water. It's almost alarming, ha.
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water is a by product of combustion,when engine heats up to operating temp,it will actually boil of any moisture,obviously it's winter time,temps are lower-relative humidity is lower-but moisture is still there at the tailpipe-take for instance a car started up in the northeast on a 0 degree day -until it's warmed up -you will see it coming out of the tailipipe-if you were to put a catch can at the exhaust outlet-you'd be surprised of trhe water that would gather-hope this explanation helps
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water is a by product of combustion,when engine heats up to operating temp,it will actually boil of any moisture,obviously it's winter time,temps are lower-relative humidity is lower-but moisture is still there at the tailpipe-take for instance a car started up in the northeast on a 0 degree day -until it's warmed up -you will see it coming out of the tailipipe-if you were to put a catch can at the exhaust outlet-you'd be surprised of trhe water that would gather-hope this explanation helps
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Thanks Bear River, glad to know it's normal. Any chance you can explain why the sudden water increase though?
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Humidity, ambient temperature, more ethanol in the fuel, there could be a lot of factors. So long as if doesn't smell like antifreeze, I wouldn't be concerned about it.
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hey dont feel bad i had this scare to the other day. It was like 35 degrees and i started my truck up and i was like omg nooooooo!!!! there is water coming out of the exhaust. And then i calmed down and was like, oh yeh, condensation. No big worries its usual.
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Yeah, I felt like an idiot as I was making this post, but I wanted to be SURE it was okay. Seriously, you should see the water my truck puts out. It's insane.
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yeh i know. i put one like large sized cup from say mickey d's or taco bell or somewhere and from one tailpipe i got half a cup so from both i probably would've gotten a whole cup of **** water drink. needless to say i through that cup away
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No kidding huh? That's amazing. How is your exhaust set up? No wonder guys put out that extra $ for stainless exhaust systems. I can see how all that water can rust exhaust systems out.
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The more metal to sweat, the more water. If your cooling system is not losing water, then it is condensation from the exhaust. In high humidity areas, metal will sweat from nomal temps. If this is what is happening in your case, it can collect in the bottom of the muffler/converter, and exit when the truck is started.
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The more metal to sweat, the more water. If your cooling system is not losing water, then it is condensation from the exhaust. In high humidity areas, metal will sweat from nomal temps. If this is what is happening in your case, it can collect in the bottom of the muffler/converter, and exit when the truck is started.jd
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Its true duals from the manifolds. the pipes run over to the passenger side just on the inside of the frame rail and the cherrybomb glasspacks are just under the door. then exit straight out the back. The only bad thing is no cats. But ill fix that im gonna have my exhaust redone the same way as it is now except long tube headers (hopefully) and some cats, so i can pass emmisions. here is a video just incase you wanna here it.::
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