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Old 05-18-2006, 09:32 PM
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Just got home tonight from work and I noticed that when I shut my car off it made a really weird sound, and contiued to until it cooled down. It sounds like something is dripping, then hitting the exhaust and sizzling and burning. I got scared because the motor is new and I thought a head gasket might have blown, I checked my oil and coolent, no mixing, no over heating or anything of that sort, The only liquid I have on the ground it condensation from the A/C, I'm wondering if this is what could be hitting my exhaust? I'm still kind of worried its a head gasket, but mostly because I'm paranoid. Anybody have any idea what this could be?
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most likely its the a/c. my car does this too when i run it, and espescially so now with my 3 inch td setup. keep an eye on your fluids, but i think youll be ok. btw dripping from the head onto the exhaust is pretty unlikely. coolant usually runs down the block to the pan, then drips off.
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Originally Posted by 01RedT/A
most likely its the a/c. my car does this too when i run it, and espescially so now with my 3 inch td setup. keep an eye on your fluids, but i think youll be ok. btw dripping from the head onto the exhaust is pretty unlikely. coolant usually runs down the block to the pan, then drips off.
Thats good to know about the head gasket. I'm going to wait for everything to dry off (condensation wise) and take it for a drive with the a/c off and see how that is. I dont have duals but I have a 3'' ORY so it may be hitting that, it is most definately the passenger side and that, I believe, is where the drain tube is, and there were only a few drops of water on the ground where usually its a puddle so I'm hoping thats what it is, scared the **** out of me.
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Heard the same sound, it was the A/C drain line dripping on the ORY, sounds like what you have
(scared the crap out of me too)
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Originally Posted by 2K2WS6TA
Heard the same sound, it was the A/C drain line dripping on the ORY, sounds like what you have
(scared the crap out of me too)
Same here! Heard it the first day I bought it and was PISSED until I figured out what it was!
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Well I drove around with the A/C off, luckily it was cool tonight, and it didnt make a peep after I shut it off, drove around again and nothing. I'm so relieved its not even funny! Thanks for the help guys, I was freakin out.



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