Water on outside of exhaust

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03-24-2008, 05:51 PM

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Water on outside of exhaust

Just installed kooks lt's mated to magnaflow, no cats. and I noticed I have moisture/water accumulating on the outside of the exhaust , what is causing this? I am untuned. Do I have a leak?

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03-25-2008, 04:54 AM

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It happens. Exhaust goes through cycles of hot and cold through normal operation which causes condensation

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03-25-2008, 04:56 AM

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Your just sweating horsepower.

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03-25-2008, 10:02 AM

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is this the truth, or sarcasm.....do I have anythning to be worried about. Someone said an exhaust leak is causing condensation to build up within the headers?

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03-25-2008, 10:10 AM

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No you should be fine... he was being sarcastic. I believe thats normal for condensation, could also be burning off oils and such that are on the new pipes.