Leaking under truck normal?

[surveyor]

First-time F150 owner. PB 22 Limited.

Are these drip locations normal? 2 by rear exhaust, 2 under middle of truck.

This is while idling at a campsite yesterday, while ProPowering a trailer at about 1 kW. Moderate/temperate weather.

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[powerboatr]

yes its condensation

 

[bfastr]

my 5.0 drips in the same place under the center, its right under the muffler and is condensation. and tailpipe condensation is common too

 

[Pedaldude]

My 5.0 leaves the equivalent in drips to the Shroud of Turin outlining the entire exhaust behind the cats when idling.

These new engines are insanely efficient even compared with ones from ten years ago when it comes to turning fuel hydrocarbons into less offensive compounds like H2O and others as byproducts of the combustion process.

 

[SCTYDOG]

My 22 PB drips water from exhaust system in same place. Perfectly normal.

 

[Snakebitten]

As long as it isn't green water.
That's another kind of exhaust leak, but only affects Powerboost

 

[Big Dog Daddy]

Others have also noticed this phenomenon.

"I've seen this... on the space shuttle shortly before liftoff."

 

[surveyor]

Thanks, everyone. FWIW, I'd been worried about coolant leaking since the truck has been repaired twice for coolant issues. This thread helped. Plus, I've been taking measurements, and I think all of the fluctuations in levels are caused by temp (ambient, engine). Sleeping better now.

 

[Paul Neubauer]

Others have also noticed this phenomenon.

"I've seen this... on the space shuttle shortly before liftoff."

Launch Mode ACTIVATED!

 

[patmulligan99]

New ford owner here. I literally have the EXACT thing on mine. Def got worried but feeling better

 

[Azstroke]

See the same thing and knew it was condensation, but wasn't sure why until now.

 

[Gros Ventre]

Water is one of the combustion products. It is in the exhaust stream regardless. So where does that water come from? When the exhaust pipe is cold, it will condense that water. Since sulfuric acid (& other nasty stuff) is also one of the combustion products, putting weep holes along the exhaust pipe enables draining of the liquid. This reduces rot out of the exhaust piping. There is a good chance that if you're using the PPOB to power your campsite (& the exhaust stream reduced), the pipe may not fully heat up and the condensation could be nearly continuous.

 

[patmulligan99]

Water is one of the combustion products. It is in the exhaust stream regardless. So where does that water come from? When the exhaust pipe is cold, it will condense that water. Since sulfuric acid (& other nasty stuff) is also one of the combustion products, putting weep holes along the exhaust pipe enables draining of the liquid. This reduces rot out of the exhaust piping. There is a good chance that if you're using the PPOB to power your campsite (& the exhaust stream reduced), the pipe may not fully heat up and the condensation could be nearly continuous.

Yeah honestly even after I drive my muffler isn’t always hot

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