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Re: moisture in exhaust

To: "Ryan Smith" <shmitty99@hotmail.com>, spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: moisture in exhaust
From: jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil (Bowen, Patrick A. RP2)
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 10:06:21
Ryan,  Not really a product of combustion, it is a product of the
combustion gases after they pass through a Catalytic converter

Patrick

At 05:49 AM 12/8/98 PST, Ryan Smith wrote:
>Good or bad I don't know.  I do know that water is a normal by product 
>of combustion.  Both my spitfire and my explorer have some degree of 
>water in the exhaust.
>
>Ryan Smith
>72 Emerald Green Spitfire
>
>Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 07:25:29 -0600
>From: KEVIN EDDINS <eddinsk@NRISO.NOLA.NAVY.MIL>
>To: spitfires@Autox.Team.Net
>Subject: moisture in exhaust
>Reply-To: KEVIN EDDINS <eddinsk@NRISO.NOLA.NAVY.MIL>
>
>I've heard stories like "If waters coming out the exhaust, then you've 
>got
>a good engine" and "that's perfect combustion there" and "HEY! you got
>my pants dirty"
>
>Does water (lightly) splashing out of the exhaust indicate anything good
>or bad about an engine.  My spit has been doing this since the rebuild
>40K miles ago.  My mustang did this too and left two black circles on my
>dads garage wall.
>
>Kevin
>
>
>
>
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spitfire
Jacksonville FL

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