That's normal for any internal combustion engine.  Water vapor is
produced when fuel burns.  Follow any car right after start up and you
will see this.  Once the engine and exhaust system heat up, the exhaust
gasses become too hot for the water vapor to condense.
That's why mufflers rust out quickly on vehicles that are only used for
short trips; the muffler never gets hot enough to dry out the
condensate.

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     Anchorage, AK
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of WVVW
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 3:40 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Water from tailpipe

I noticed a strange thing this weekend.  When I first fire up my van I
see condensation coming from the tailpipe, both as steam and small
droplets.  The condensation does not smell like coolant.  After about 5
minutes or so, the condensation goes away and the exhaust fumes are bone
dry.

What gives?  I thought the obvious, that I may have a blown head gasket,
but I don't seem to have any of the other indicators (i.e., sounds,
engine running hot, coolant overflow, etc.)

Brian
85 7-passenger GL
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