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Originally Posted by Daox
First off, its blowing the water out of the exhaust. I put my hand over the tail pipe and had droplets on my hand shortly. This makes me a little leery of worn piston rings. I'm now thinking an oil analysis might be a good thing.
Second, I did the compression test for the heck of it. It actually looks pretty good with 190, 180, 180, 193.
Other than that... WOW, this car is sooooooo rust free. I have never seen a car this old with this little rust... I haven't actually SEEN any rust on it yet (still haven't gone under it). Its a little crazy to me. Lucky Texans... Though, it does have noticeable sun damage.
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Compression test is promising...
Water is a natural product of combustion, especially when cool water droplets in the exhaust are completely normal, even on a 100% healthy car.
Or it could mean you are losing coolant out the exhaust.
When warm, do you get a white cloud behind you?
Welcome to the rest of the world. Non-rust belt cars are so much nicer.