Glass of water out the tailpipe

[ZC1]

I was working on the Prius today and needed to remove both front wheels. (My wife asks what am I doing under there? I usually respond Who knows?)

Anyways I setup two ramps to drive the Prius's front tires onto so I can get my 2 1/2 ton jack under the jack point. So I drive onto the ramps, shut her down and get out.

Passing the rear of the vehicle and I notice about 8oz of water laying where the tailpipe had been. How do I know it's water, I checked it (examined it, smelled it, rubbed my hand in it, smelled it again. No smell at all). I look up to see one drop of water in the tailpipe hesitating to make the jump.
I think she puked when the front end started raising.

I know about condensation in the catalytic converter and muffler, and have seen vehicles puke out some water, but 8oz of water in a new Prius.

If it helps any, I don't drive it right now (I will soon, I'm just fixing her up a bit) and after the last wash outside the garage, I parked it immediately after drying it outside.

Any thoughts.

ZC1

[pewd]

a guess would be some water got in there when you washed it...

[Sheepdog]

---or--- you should buy the "run water in your engine!" and run a hose from your tailpipe to the engine and then you would have a perpetual motion machine!

or maybe not. Please excuse me. It's late and I'm tired.

[ZC1]

Well...GO TO BED!!

hehe, I need to go to bed
I'd better take a shower first.
I've been smelling chemicals all night. I gots a small headache.

ZC1

[jiepsie]

Water is one of the byproducts of burning gasoline, along with carbondioxide. If your exhaust is hot enough, the water evaporates. But if you use your car for very short trips, the exhaust can stay cool enough for some water to collect in there,

[richard schumacher]

What jiepsie wrote. It's nothing.

Uhh, what were you doing under the car?

[ZC1]

Originally Posted by richard schumacher

What jiepsie wrote. It's nothing.

Uhh, what were you doing under the car?

Smart Alec!


ZC1

[DaveinOlyWA]

back when i had my 04, after about 6-7 months of ownership i think, i happened to look at my exhaust and noticed it was rusted but only on the lower half of the pipe, the upper half was still clean metal...

now i guess i know why, its all that standing water...

[ZC1]

I didn't get to that point yet, but Dave you are right.

Mufflers get rusted out rather quickly because they are holding some amount of water occasionally. The corrosion starts inside first.

Ever wonder why, on a crappy car, it seems the first thing to go is the muffler or muffler pipe.

I've actually seen mufflers that have a drainage hole but I can't remember when or where I saw that. I was thinking of putting a drainage hole in mine, well, maybe.

Maybe I should just drive it more.

(*The real reason the muffler rusts out, is those pesky muffler bearings. Once they get turned around, the water seeps in and BLAM, problem started. The only way to fix this, is add grease regularly to the zerk fitting on the bearing. If you think this might be your problem, just head over to any parts store and ask for the new improved muffler bearing, they'll know what to do.*)

ZC1

[richard schumacher]

Originally Posted by ZC1

Smart Alec!

No, seriously: what were you working on?