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Post by erw38 on Aug 7, 2004 13:24:00 GMT -6
I smelled the car's exhaust this morning to find that it smelled very wet. After I had dirven the car a few miles and the car had gotten up to about 200 degrees, the exhaust didn't smell as wet, but still had a heavy oder (almost smelled like unburnt gas). Do I have another problem on my hands?
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Post by omegaic on Aug 7, 2004 14:07:45 GMT -6
What do you mean by it smelling wet? Some condensation in the exhaust is normal, but I don't think you should be smelling a great deal of unburnt fuel.
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Post by erw38 on Aug 7, 2004 14:44:01 GMT -6
When I first started the car (after it sat through the night) the exhaust smelled like it was "humid" with gas. I'm thinking of changing the o2 sensors on this car, but should I look at something else as well?
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Post by JimW on Aug 7, 2004 18:27:35 GMT -6
I'm gonna go with O2 sensors on this one here, to many indicators of that to ignore, bad mileage, "heavy" gas, unburnt smell.
Yea, its time to get a scan, find out which O2 is bummed and replace it!
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Post by erw38 on Aug 7, 2004 19:49:09 GMT -6
I'll get it scanned tomorrow ;D Thank you my fellow ACNA members.
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Post by Aurora40 on Aug 7, 2004 21:42:42 GMT -6
When you first start the car after it sat a while, the exhaust will be very humid. In fact, exhaust is often very humid. One big byproduct of burning hydrocarbons with oxygen is h2o. When the car is just started, it seems to be more humid for some reason, and since the exhaust pipes are cold, you'll often see water leak out of them as it condenses on them. Most mufflers have a small weephole in them to let the water drip out rather than pool up inside.
I suspect what you are seeing is quite normal. Have you ever looked at exhaust before, or was this the first time?
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Post by erw38 on Aug 8, 2004 10:27:17 GMT -6
I've really never even looked at it before. Had no reason to. Just was wondering. Thanks for the answers
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Post by R4D30N on Aug 22, 2004 22:06:07 GMT -6
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Post by erw38 on Aug 22, 2004 22:13:12 GMT -6
Ok, I think I'll do that. First, I need to buy that winning lottery ticket thats been eluding me.
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Post by Aurora40 on Aug 23, 2004 8:40:26 GMT -6
Ok, I think I'll do that. First, I need to buy that winning lottery ticket thats been eluding me. Or just take a deeper whiff of your exhaust...
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