

| Subject: | Re: water in my exhaust.. |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Jun 1997 11:43:08 +0200 |
>Can also be caused by an oil leak - if oil is leaking on to something very hot >like the exhaust system it can burn there (it is usually pretty obvious when >this is the case as the smoke will come out of the engine compartment itself, >instead of out of the exhaust pipe). Another symptom of burning oil is that >a gas engine will often smell like a diesel. Can tell you stories about leaking heats on an aircooled ... dripping oil onto the heat exchangers ... got big smoke behind the van ... caused following drivers to flash lights, thinking the van is burning ... >The question to the original poster is: did the water droplets stop coming >out after the car warmed up? Or do you get air bubbles into the cooling system? Watch the high pressure tank when the engine is heated up. Helmut '80 Camper
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