Re: my exhaust is spitting out droplets of (water)! what??

[16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>]

I wouldn't worry too much about it, David... you'll notice that most cars
do spit droplets of water out the tailpipe, especially when the engine is
cold on a humid day.

Pay attention for steam... if you blew the headgasket, you'll have steam in
the exhaust, frothy coolant in the oil, and oil in the coolant.

Jason






At 07:57 PM 7/7/99 , Ian Overholt wrote:
>Usually when the head gasket blows, steam comes out the exhaust.  If it's 
>just droplets, it's condensation.  I've run through a big puddle and sucked 
>water through the intake.  That makes steam come out the exhaust until the 
>water is all blown through the engine.
>
>Ian
>'88 16v
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
From: David Liu <dyliu@pacbell.net>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: my exhaust is spitting out droplets of (water)! what??
>Date: Tue, 06 Jul 1999 22:05:34 -0700
>
>
>hey all,
>
>thanks to ian and all for helping me with the expansion tank problem. upon
>reflection it was an easy fix - even easier under "pressue" (haha). i had
>lost soooo much coolant today that my car damn near died on me (a bit above
>halfway between the led and the max). i figure there was no coolant in the
>radiator, since the fan never came on. and i guess i had puked out all of
>the coolant from that damn sheared sensor. that aside, the problem seems
>fixed for now - we will see for certain tomorrow.
>
>there's a new "problem" of sorts...
>
>i went to the back of the car tonight 9:45pm bay area weather (cool) to
>find a small drying puddle of what appears to be water right around the
>exhaust pipe. so, i started the engine up again and walked to the back of
>the car to see the exhaust "spitting" droplets of black water (i assume the
>black is just carbon, but what's the water from?)..
>
>is this normal? someone i talked to tonight said that i might have blown a
>head gasket! (shit.) this seems to make sense since i had essentially
>deprived my car of fluids for the most part of the day.
>
>someone please enlighten me!
>thanks
>dave
>
>87 16v
>
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