Exhaust spitting water

anotherbaldrick

Strider590 wrote: »

Like I said in another post on another thread.....

90% of the UK population are actually stupid. Oh some may seem intelligent by spitting out big words occasionally, but these are the one's that think they know it all and resort to ignorance when confronted by anything they don't.
They won't listen to anyone who they deem to be of a lower social class......

That's Marxism !

Spankey

Weird_Nev wrote: »

Oh my god. I can't believe you are so stupid. You're the kind of person who shouldn't be allowed on the road. I can't believe you don't know the answer to this and yet you have a driving licence.

Of course it's a split headgasket. That's the only possible explanation for water coming out of the exhaust. Where else does a car have water in it other than in the cooling system. Your dads car MUST have a leak between the water jacket and the exhaust side of the head. The coolant water is literally running out of the engine and down the exhaust.

Or perhaps, just perhaps, water is the byproduct of clean combustion of hydrocarbons, and you should have paid a smidge more attention in Chemistry lessons.

(If anyone is wondering, this post is offered in the spirit of Ratboys advice to others in the recent past)

RATBOY IS SPARTACUS.:rotfl:

Norman_Castle

I'm Spartacus.

alastairq

My car spits water from its exhaust.....my car has an air-cooled engine....!!!!!! is going on?

alastairq

Also, my other car has a habit, when being endlessly tailgated, of spitting feathers from its exhaust....

Joe_Horner

alastairq wrote: »

My car spits water from its exhaust.....my car has an air-cooled engine....!!!!!! is going on?

Someone must've connected the screen wash bottle to the fuel system to keep the valves clean - there can't possibly be any other explanation. Assuming you didn't do this yourself, go back to whoever you bought it off and demand a full refund for not mentioning it at the time!

Ratboy

I understand the comment regarding condensation, and short journeys, but on one of the hottest days of the year, and being stuck in traffic for the majority of the journey, albeit 5 miles, and excessive fluid, not what I would consider 'normal'.

So you reckon a combination of short journeys has produced a 'pool', within the backbox, which effectively rusts the backbox from the inside out?

Sounds like a quite reasonable possibility.

To the troll that called me Stupid, and the others, I don't 'get' the Sparticus comment, so maybe I am stupid, not as much as you because you state its clearly a HG fault, I know nothing about cars, and not fit to be on the road.

1 - I stated its not losing rad fluid
2 - I stated the liquid in the title, and my post, isn't antifreeze
3 - I stated that I was a PASSENGER
4 - I stated that I have repaired cars in the past, and only posted this because I deemed it to be abnormally large amounts of water being expelled.

So lern to reed. And stop trolling. Idiots. I hope others have reported your abuse posts, and you have been banned, thanks for those that give proper answers, and actually take the time to read, and understand, thanks for your time and experience.

Jamie_Carter

Ratboy wrote: »

I understand the comment regarding condensation, and short journeys, but on one of the hottest days of the year, and being stuck in traffic for the majority of the journey, albeit 5 miles, and excessive fluid, not what I would consider 'normal'.

So you reckon a combination of short journeys has produced a 'pool', within the backbox, which effectively rusts the backbox from the inside out?

Sounds like a quite reasonable possibility.

To the troll that called me Stupid, and the others, I don't 'get' the Sparticus comment, so maybe I am stupid, not as much as you because you state its clearly a HG fault, I know nothing about cars, and not fit to be on the road.

1 - I stated its not losing rad fluid
2 - I stated the liquid in the title, and my post, isn't antifreeze
3 - I stated that I was a PASSENGER
4 - I stated that I have repaired cars in the past, and only posted this because I deemed it to be abnormally large amounts of water being expelled.

So lern to reed. And stop trolling. Idiots. I hope others have reported your abuse posts, and you have been banned, thanks for those that give proper answers, and actually take the time to read, and understand, thanks for your time and experience.

It doesn't matter how hot the ambient temperature is as it will be far hotter in the exhaust.

To dry out an exhaust it is best to be driving at far higher revs than you would be stuck in traffic, this is for two reasons. Firstly at higher revs the gasses don't get a chance to cool down as much before reaching the silencer. And secondly the extra pressure can help to force the water out.

At tick over it would be putting a pan of water on the hob, putting it on low, and waiting for it to boil dry.

Ratboy

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

It doesn't matter how hot the ambient temperature is as it will be far hotter in the exhaust.

To dry out an exhaust it is best to be driving at far higher revs than you would be stuck in traffic, this is for two reasons. Firstly at higher revs the gasses don't get a chance to cool down as much before reaching the silencer. And secondly the extra pressure can help to force the water out.

At tick over it would be putting a pan of water on the hob, putting it on low, and waiting for it to boil dry.

Ah! I see your point, so lots of short journeys, the condensation happens, builds up in the back box (which is origional apparently), then you get the dripping. I think rather like an older person, my Father doesn't tend to drive like a boy racer. So must borrow it from him for a blast!

Jamie_Carter

Ratboy wrote: »

Ah! I see your point, so lots of short journeys, the condensation happens, builds up in the back box (which is origional apparently), then you get the dripping. I think rather like an older person, my Father doesn't tend to drive like a boy racer. So must borrow it from him for a blast!

If he drives at motorway speed for 20 miles or so, once a week, then that would be fine.