Midas@ymmel.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy do some car exhausts drip fluid?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareWhy do some car exhausts drip fluid?Midas@ymmel.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square36fedilinkfile-text
And what is it? Always assumed it was just water but now I’m pretty sure it’s not. Also do all cars do this?
minus-squareyoungerpants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·11 months agoIt is just water. When the engine starts the cold exhaust heats up creating condensation which drips off as the exhaust fumes are expelled. It “can” be oil, but you’d need to be pretty unlucky, and need a new engine.
minus-squareJunkers_Klunker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoAnd then it wouldnt “just” be oil, it would be belching out smoke too.
It is just water. When the engine starts the cold exhaust heats up creating condensation which drips off as the exhaust fumes are expelled.
It “can” be oil, but you’d need to be pretty unlucky, and need a new engine.
And then it wouldnt “just” be oil, it would be belching out smoke too.