Kevin, if your car has a catalytic converter then the platinum inside of it
creates a chemical reaction that changes the choroflourocarbons and
carbonmonoxide gases into H2O that is the water you see coming out of
exhaust. If you do not have a catalytic converter than you might want to
be concerned. As far as showing if the engine is in good condition or
tuned correctly the answer is no. It will produce H2O whether the engine
is poorly tuned or running or running great. It does show your Catalytic
Converter is still good though.
Patrick Bowen
At 07:25 AM 12/8/98 -0600, KEVIN EDDINS wrote:
>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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