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Old Aug 12, 2014 | 10:40 AM
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help with leaking water!

I hope somebody can help. My 1997 leaks AC condensate into the passenger and drivers floor when the AC is running. The weird thing is the AC condensate also comes out of the hose under the car which has always been normal. Its not coolant and its not rain water. Its AC condensate.
What could be blocked or clogged in order for this to happen if the hose that goes from the box to under the car is still working? Could it be partially clogged?
Old Aug 12, 2014 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jgcable
I hope somebody can help. My 1997 leaks AC condensate into the passenger and drivers floor when the AC is running. The weird thing is the AC condensate also comes out of the hose under the car which has always been normal. Its not coolant and its not rain water. Its AC condensate.
What could be blocked or clogged in order for this to happen if the hose that goes from the box to under the car is still working? Could it be partially clogged?
someone has told me the way it is set up that it would be pretty hard to be clogged...but im sure someone who knows will chime in..good luck
Old Aug 12, 2014 | 01:29 PM
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Well it got worse today. My daughter just called to tell me she was sitting at a stop sign and the car started running rough and white smoke started billowing out of the tailpipe. That sounds like a head gasket but the weird thing is the car didn't overheat and there is no coolant traces on the dipstick or the oil. She did tell me the smoke coming out of the tailpipe smelled strongly of gas.
Could this possibly be a stuck injector? If so.. why would the car billow white smoke. She said the smoke was coming out of the tailpipe even after she shut the motor off. The temperature gauge was in the normal range the entire time and the engine compartment looks completely normal.
Old Aug 12, 2014 | 02:14 PM
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When my injectors went (two of them), white smoke was billowing out the exhaust. I was expecting black smoke (running rich), but it was actually white. Serviced injectors and no more rough idle, stumbling, or white smoke.
Old Aug 12, 2014 | 04:46 PM
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I had the same problem as Wizard. That definitely seems like it could be your problem, but I know for me I actually had gasoline dripping out of the tail pipe. Taking the injectors out really sucks, but if you can grab a phillips head screwdriver and a vice grip and carefully take them out, inspect them for broken seals and rings because that could easily be your problem and it will save you the money from taking it to a shop. Good luck with that.
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