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Date:         Mon, 4 Mar 2002 07:24:22 -0600
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Water from tailpipe
Comments: To: WVVW <wvveedub@NETSCAPE.NET>
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WVVW wrote: > > I noticed a strange thing this weekend. When I first fire up my van I see condensation coming from the tailpipe, both as steam and small droplets. The condensation does not smell like coolant. After about 5 minutes or so, the condensation goes away and the exhaust fumes are bone dry. >

Completely normal. Burning any hydrocarbon (like gasoline) produces water. At normal operating temperature it and the surrounding gases are hot enough that the water molecules disperse into the air as humidity without getting a chance to condense like they do while the car is warming up.

Larry A. Chicago 0 F this morning


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