Wet Tailpipe Syndrome
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Wet Tailpipe Syndrome
My wife thinks there may be up to two other MINI owners with this disorder. Just trying to establish that I'm not a freak, I ask:
Do you glance at your MINI's tailpipe after a too-short drive?
Are you worried that it might be wet with exhaust condensation?
Again this morning... church is less than a mile away, so Molly's pipes were definitely wet in the parking lot during the service; and afterward in the garage. Had gasoline condensed into the crankcase?
Was acid eating away at the muffler? 
So, am I the only one obsessed with not having a hot tailpipe?
Do you glance at your MINI's tailpipe after a too-short drive?
Are you worried that it might be wet with exhaust condensation? Again this morning... church is less than a mile away, so Molly's pipes were definitely wet in the parking lot during the service; and afterward in the garage. Had gasoline condensed into the crankcase?
Was acid eating away at the muffler? So, am I the only one obsessed with not having a hot tailpipe?
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My wife thinks there may be up to two other MINI owners with this disorder. Just trying to establish that I'm not a freak, I ask:
Do you glance at your MINI's tailpipe after a too-short drive? Are you worried that it might be wet with exhaust condensation?
Again this morning... church is less than a mile away, so Molly's pipes were definitely wet in the parking lot during the service; and afterward in the garage. Had gasoline condensed into the crankcase? Was acid eating away at the muffler?
So, am I the only one obsessed with not having a hot tailpipe?
Do you glance at your MINI's tailpipe after a too-short drive?
Are you worried that it might be wet with exhaust condensation? Again this morning... church is less than a mile away, so Molly's pipes were definitely wet in the parking lot during the service; and afterward in the garage. Had gasoline condensed into the crankcase?
Was acid eating away at the muffler? So, am I the only one obsessed with not having a hot tailpipe?
But since someone has already resorted to humor, I will resort to truth...
Me too.
It's about 1,000 feet to the cigarette store, and I have been known to drive a few miles beyond that (or 20, or the full Cape Anne loop) just because a small part of my brain says "no short drive cycles!"...
It may be a disease, but you are not alone...
And I got 168,000 miles out of the Works exhaust...
Happy New Year,
Charlie
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One of the main products of combustion is water. On a short drive, that water is condensing out in the cold tail pipe. MINIs have a stainless steel exhaust system, so that water isn't going to rot you exhaust out.
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Great to know. Thanks!
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