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I have a 95 lt1 corvette with 62k miles car runs great looks new but I've notice when I don't turn it on for a good while water gushes out of the exhaust when I do turn it on looks like gallons of water but clear no antifreeze my engine is still full of water has anyone had this problem
I have a 95 lt1 corvette with 62k miles car runs great looks new but I've notice when I don't turn it on for a good while water gushes out of the exhaust when I do turn it on looks like gallons of water but clear no antifreeze my engine is still full of water has anyone had this problem
I have a 95 lt1 corvette with 62k miles car runs great looks new but I've notice when I don't turn it on for a good while water gushes out of the exhaust when I do turn it on looks like gallons of water but clear no antifreeze my engine is still full of water has anyone had this problem
A quick google search got this:
It signifies that the car is running absolutely correct. Here is the reason why:
A gasoline (petrol) molecule is made up as such:
C8H18 (or 8 Carbon atoms and 18 Hydrogen atoms)
Energy is obtained from the combustion of it by the conversion of a hydrocarbon to carbon dioxide and water. The combustion of octane follows this reaction:
2 C8H18 + 25 O2 → 16 CO2 + 18 H2O
Or better said, you have two of the hydrocarbon atoms along with 25 oxygen atoms, they swirl together into a mix, the spark plug ignites them, boom, and out the tail pipe comes 16 carbon dioxide molecules and 18 water molecules ... at least in a perfect world. Some cars don't put out exactly that ratio. There may be a little bit of carbon monoxide (CO), unburnt hydrocarbons (C8H18), and/or nitrogen oxide (NO2) coming out of the engine exhaust port along with the CO2 and H2O. In this case, the catalytic convertor's job is to help clean these up so you can get closer to the perfect ratio described above.
As described, the water coming out of the tail pipe is a natural occurrence of the combustion process. You will usually see it coming out of the tail pipe when the engine and exhaust system of the vehicle is not completely warmed up. When it does become completely warmed up, you won't see it any more, because it comes out as steam (well, you'll see it in the winter time if it's cold enough, but you get the idea).
Don't know if that applies to what your asking but I thought i'd throw it out there.