Originally posted by Christian:
I noticed that I seem to have puddles forming under my muffler recently, well not really enough for a puddle but enough for a 'wet mark' on the ground.
I'm not overly concerned, but it does seem more than before (never noticed in 3 years), and looks more than other vehicles leave.
Any ideas what could make this suddenly happen ?

Thanks.



Maybe you're getting paranoid about your Contique like I am...suddenly you're hearing footsteps.

Seriously though, water is a byproduct of the combustion process in our modern, internal combustion engines. A steady drip is not at all unusual coming from our cars' exhausts. Engine exhaust is so clean from a low-emission, OBDII-managed engine that traditional recombinants like C0 (carbon monoxide, heavier than 02, dangerous)and NO2 are much less prevalent. Of course, the new ULEV (ultra low emission vehicles) and SULEV (super ULEV)need more and more superlatives to describe just how clean gasoline engines are getting.

Take that you tree huggers! ;-)

/eric

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada '96 Mystique GS, ATX