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- From: vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Water Vapor
- Message-ID: <VBREAULT.92Dec23103727@rinhp750.gmr.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 15:37:27 GMT
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- In-reply-to: to@teecs.UUCP's message of 22 Dec 92 19:22:13 GMT
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- In article <79550005@teecs.UUCP> to@teecs.UUCP (Norman To) writes:
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- White smoke comes out of the tail pipe evey time I start up
- my car in a cold morning. I've been hearing this is the
- vapor of water which condense at the engine over night.
- Are there any explanation for this?
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- Water vapor is a normal byproduct of combustion. When the air
- is cool enough, you can watch it condense as it comes out of
- the tail pipe. This is a very normal thing up here in the
- frozen northland.
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