Water in exhaust centre pipe??

[Redler]

Good afternoon chaps,

My brother has a 1.2 16v 2005 Clio. Being a DIY mechanic I heard the exhaust blowing last weekend and I offered to resolve this.

Upon investigating the blow I noticed the car was blowing small drops of water from the centre section to back box join.
I removed the centre section to investigate further and when doing so a small trickle of water came out, there was also a trickle of water coming out of the cat also.


This is as far as my DIY knowledge goes so I was just after some opinions on why you guys think there may be water in there and if I should be concerned.

Many thanks,

Tom

 

[2Damnsly Andy]

Condensation.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

C8H18 + 12.5O2= 8CO2 + 9H2O

Don't worry about it.

 

[Redler]

Many thanks chaps!!

​Cliosport helps makes another brother look like a hero again :clap:

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Tell him to drive it harder once the exhaust has been replaced. When it's up to temp and under load water should not be hanging about in the pipes...

 

[DaveDreads]

 

[Redler]

Ah that makes a lot of sense!! Because its being driven by our mum at the moment who insists on 2k gear changes. Just need to finish cleaning up the old joins and hopefully I will get a better seal now between the centre pipe and back box.
The advice is really appreciated, thank you very much :star: