Exhaust moisture

:huh:
My friend told me his car has a lot of water coming out of the exhaust.
I assured him that some water from the exhaust is quite normal. Well, I think this may be beyond the scope of "normal". :whistle:
( :blush: I don't know how to edit video, excuse the language. I try not to swear on the forum :oops: )

The car is a 1999 Honda Accord with a 3.0l v6
I haven't checked ANY data or codes yet for him. It runs great, the motor idles nice and smooth. It never overheats and is never low on coolant.

It does idle ALL DAY LONG in park, and has no catalytic converter.
He went so far as to park it facing uphill, thinking rainwater or condensation may be collecting in the exhaust.
There is no odor of coolant or fuel from the exhaust, I'm convinced this is not a head/gasket problem.

I'm curious to see if this condition clears up when he starts driving it full time again, but he's concerned and Iv'e never seen that much water come out of the exhaust without having been driven underwater! So I told him I'd ask some people I knew, I'm interested to hear opinions!

I'm thinking with no coolant loss and no apparentrunning issues it must be the long times sat in idle, water been created by the heat in the exhaust but not been pushed out as it would by the pressures created in normal driving conditions, might be worth checking if the exhaust system has any drain holes put there on purpose by honda like alot of the modern stuff has.

Now pull up some data and blow my mind with an elaborate windscreen washer system that's found its way into the block!

Good point that it sits @ idle 'ALL DAY LONG'. I wonder why that is?

Jackolope56 wrote: Good point that it sits @ idle 'ALL DAY LONG'. I wonder why that is?

LOL, I should have elaborated on that!
We work outside year round, so he keeps it running with the heat on to warm up his boots and gloves and eat lunch.

I'm thinking with no coolant loss and no apparentrunning issues it must be the long times sat in idle, water been created by the heat in the exhaust but not been pushed out as it would by the pressures created in normal driving conditions, might be worth checking if the exhaust system has any drain holes put there on purpose by honda like alot of the modern stuff has.

I'm sure that's the case. I told him it probably wouldn't build up so much water if he were driving it instead of leaving it to run all day.

Now pull up some data and blow my mind with an elaborate windscreen washer system that's found its way into the block!

My boss claims to have had a mechanic that bent a connecting rod during an engine swap like that! Apparently there was a great deal of vacuum lines, and one of them got connected to washer fluid reservoir.

:woohoo: A man has got to do what he has to do ! I remember a mid 2000'ish Sentra owner who played shop-vac driving through a flooded road. Bent #3 piston rod. I just pulled all spark plugs and laid my long Phillips into each hole and took a look for lowest rise @
TDC.At least it was a quick repair being that engine.

Vacuum lines to the washer bottle, HA, that's sucks!
Get it?

OBD Rick wrote: Vacuum lines to the washer bottle, HA, that's sucks!
Get it?

At least this Honda only blows