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ok,
this afternoon i started up the fairmont let it idle for a few minutes then gave it a few small revs for no reason really, then when i walked to the back of the car to retrive my ciggys i noticed a bit of brown/rust coloured water that had come out of the exhaust! 
wtf does this mean? blown gasket or somthing else?! advice much appreciated! thanx
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| Mr Man |
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i dont think its anything to worry about, as the burning of fuel in excess oxygen produces carbon dioxide and water.
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| nannas_ed |
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its probably just condensation, start to worry when its blowing a s**t of white smoke
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| philaddis |
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Nothing to worry about. It is jsut condensation collecting in the exhaust.
If you had a head gasket problem that was causing this, the car would run like and absolute bucket of s**t for about 30 seconds. once the entire exhaust system heats up the water will boil off and you will have nothing to worry about. It's especially common in cars that only ever get driven on short trips where there is little to no heat buildup!
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| Timmy97EL |
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ahh cool thanx guys ill be able to sleep 2nite! hah
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| opto |
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Your engine is leaking or having a leak !!
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| Rapier |
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falcons seem to have a lot of water in the exhausts explains why they rust out so often
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| Steady ED |
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I think the from memory the cat creates water/steam.
Reaction with a gas in the exhaust gases to minimise emissions.
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| Timmy97EL |
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Well there ya go
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also from when you haven't drivne your car in a whiler it does it.
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| Heeno |
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take it down to your mechanic, don't listen to these people i had the same thing as you and no white smoke or any smoke for that matter was comming out, then a few days later goodbye gasket, it has now cost me 2k to get it all fixed, all because i thought it was nothing as well. best advice is get it checked out or end up with a engine full of water.
btw mine wasn't reading hot either everything was normal then bam it all hit.
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| madmax |
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Heeno wrote: take it down to your mechanic, don't listen to these people i had the same thing as you and no white smoke or any smoke for that matter was comming out, then a few days later goodbye gasket, it has now cost me 2k to get it all fixed, all because i thought it was nothing as well. best advice is get it checked out or end up with a engine full of water.
btw mine wasn't reading hot either everything was normal then bam it all hit. You could be right, but then you would have been using water also. Every car will put water out the exhaust when started if its been sitting cold for a few hours. So if he isn't loosing coolant and it only happened after startup why put him in a panic.
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| Heeno |
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madmax wrote: Heeno wrote: take it down to your mechanic, don't listen to these people i had the same thing as you and no white smoke or any smoke for that matter was comming out, then a few days later goodbye gasket, it has now cost me 2k to get it all fixed, all because i thought it was nothing as well. best advice is get it checked out or end up with a engine full of water. btw mine wasn't reading hot either everything was normal then bam it all hit. You could be right, but then you would have been using water also. Every car will put water out the exhaust when started if its been sitting cold for a few hours. So if he isn't loosing coolant and it only happened after startup why put him in a panic. because mine was exactly the same, i looked past the water didn't think anthing of it the half way to gatton i run out of water and end up with a rooted gasket, an hour before that everything was fine. so thats why im saying don't take any chances, also water comming out the exhaust is the first sign of a f**k gasket so it pays to get it checked out just to be sure, its better then paying a couple of grand dont you think?
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| Steady ED |
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Yes, but if it's water leaking from the head, then it has to COME from somewhere!
If his coolant level isn't dropping, then it's not a head gasket. Simple.
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| Heeno |
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Steady ED wrote: Yes, but if it's water leaking from the head, then it has to COME from somewhere!
If his coolant level isn't dropping, then it's not a head gasket. Simple. we don't know if he's pissin through water/coolent yet though, he hasn't stated that yet. more info please timmy. im not saying your wrong and im right im just suggesting he goes to see a mech just to be sure thats all.
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