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Date:         Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:23:13 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: How dose water get in the muffler?
Comments: To: Fafa Nugon <farfanugon@HOTMAIL.COM>
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At 10:35 PM 2/20/2001, Fafa Nugon wrote:
>Can someone tell me how water comes from the muffler in the morning when I
>start up the engine?


Hydrocarbons such as gasoline burn to produce carbon dioxide and
water.  When the system is cold the water condenses inside the exhaust
system and comes out as droplets -- once the exhaust piping gets hot the
water comes out the tailpipe as vapor and you don't see it.


david




David Beierl - Providence, RI
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