Water From Tailpipes?

[Lou]

I was just wondering if other people have noticed this. I find that there's quite a bit of water thatn drips from my pipes. I don't know if I've ever noticed this from other cars I've had. When I pull into my garage , which had a steep driveway, I notice 2 lines of drops from the pipes.


Normal?

[gdmjoe]

Lou - I was just wondering if other people have noticed this. I find that there's quite a bit of water thatn drips from my pipes. I don't know if I've ever noticed this from other cars I've had. When I pull into my garage , which had a steep driveway, I notice 2 lines of drops from the pipes.

Normal?
Normal ( condensation ) ... especially during cool weather conditions.

[wchain]

Normal ( condensation ) ... especially during cool weather conditions.

Yup!
Thats why the tips have the little drain holes in them!
Prevents moisture from collecting into the rolled part and rusting out.
:beatnik:

[Bradley G]

There is only one cure for that too!:burnout: :burnout:

Bradley G

[DEFYANT]

There is only one cure for that too!:burnout: :burnout:

Bradley G
The problem here is he is not keeping his pipes hot enuff! You need to get them suckers real hot, then there wont be any water coming out. :D

[Rider90]

your car is peeing.

Just like how you need to rotate the air in the tires, change the blinker fluid, and replace the muffler bearings, your car needs to evacuate it's liquid waste in colder weather on all the streets and especially the garage floor (it's most comfortable there) try not to stare...

[danbike]

:D :D Mercury Marauders are all male. They have an innate need to mark their territory so that Corvettes know to stay away.:D:D :beer:

[Lou]

Thanks for all the replies. My 04MM is my every day driver and does get used for a lot of short trips. I guess I'll just hafta make some of those short trips short FAST trips:P.

[David Morton]

Part of the emissions of the internal combustion engine is water, and if the pipes are cool enough it condenses inside.

On Arrakis, the tribes save this water.

[dwasson]

I live 30 miles from work so I never see this. My buddy, who lives 3 miles from work, see this all the time. He also has had to replace exhaust systems on his cars and I never have to.

The lesson, take it for a lap of town before you park it. You know that you want to anyway.

[Heavy351]

Part of the emissions of the internal combustion engine is water, and if the pipes are cool enough it condenses inside.

On Arrakis, the tribes save this water.

Way to slip in the really obscure Frank Herbert reference!

[MENINBLK]

:D :D Mercury Marauders are all male. They have an innate need to mark their territory so that Corvettes know to stay away.:D:D :beer:

This must work for Porsches also, cause ever since I got my Marauder,
my neighbor stopped parking his Porsche Boxster in front of my house !

[metroplex]

Way to slip in the really obscure Frank Herbert reference!

+1

On Arrakis, your sweat is saved and recycled...

Oh wait, that's probably what we're doing now in Iraq :beatnik:

[FlyinMerc]

True.

Water Vapor is a byproduct of most combustion processes such as gasoline internal combustion and jet fuel/kerosene turbines.


Part of the emissions of the internal combustion engine is water, and if the pipes are cool enough it condenses inside.

On Arrakis, the tribes save this water.

[stock93cv]

Normal ( condensation ) ... especially during cool weather conditions.

A timely thread. My daughter was behind me as I was driving up from Mt Vernon after a steady 70+ mph run from Seattle and she asked my later why I would have water coming out of both tail pipes (more on the left, she said).
The car was well heated up and I was clippin' along and she said the water flow was constant but that there was more of it when I accelerated. I have difficulty attributing this to cool weather, but I don't have any explanation other than condensation.
Never had a car do this before. Any other ideas?
Thanks.

[dwasson]

:D :D Mercury Marauders are all male. They have an innate need to mark their territory so that Corvettes know to stay away.:D:D :beer:

My Norton Commando motorcycle marked it's territory with oil.

[Mike Poore]

My Norton Commando motorcycle marked it's territory with oil.
Us guys who can't afford Harleys and have to ride "metrics" claim that's a Harley trait as well. Of course, the Harley dudes call it, um .... "character". :D

[David Morton]

A timely thread. My daughter was behind me as I was driving up from Mt Vernon after a steady 70+ mph run from Seattle and she asked my later why I would have water coming out of both tail pipes (more on the left, she said).
The car was well heated up and I was clippin' along and she said the water flow was constant but that there was more of it when I accelerated. I have difficulty attributing this to cool weather, but I don't have any explanation other than condensation.
Never had a car do this before. Any other ideas?
Thanks.This is a characteristic of a free flowing exhaust system. The pipes run cooler because they flow so well. Try holding your hand in front of the exhaust, it'll get wet pretty fast from this water vapor.

I think it's a reason those cars that have cheap pipes keep the sizes small so they'll run hotter and keep this moisture boiled out since they'd rust out awfully fast constantly dripping like ours do.