Water Dripping From Water Heater Exhaust

When a new water heater is filled with cold water for the first time.

Water dripping from water heater exhaust.

Just wait a few minutes with the engine running and they should all clear up. The exhaust system is also going to be unusually hot too. When gas burns and water vapor is produced in water heaters particularly high efficiency models where flue temperatures are lower. Any water should be condensation runoff.

Exhaust emitting white smoke. If it s a gas water heater it will have a dial or an on off switch near the spot where the gas line connects. Immediately turn off the valve nearest the supply side of the leak. The first place to check is the plumbing pipes above the water heater.

Carbon dioxide and water are the main by products and when your car cools down the water in the exhaust system will condense. Water heaters come equipped with a temperature and pressure relief valve also known as a tprv. This type of water dripping is harmless and should not be a cause of concern for motorists. This valve allows water or steam to escape from the water heater if the temperature or pressure gets.

If your car s exhaust drips water out of the tailpipe there s no reason to necessarily panic. This water forms as water droplets the moment you warm up your engine in the morning. Then you ll see small water droplets falling from the tailpipe along with a bit of what appears to be white smoke. Because of this water vapor is produced as the heat merges with the cold air.

Check the plumbing pipes above the water heater using a stepladder if necessary. Gases vapors and all the other byproducts created by your car s normal operation have to exit the vehicles inner workings eventually and they do that through the exhaust. If you are talking about water leaking from the pressure relief valve you ve either got a bad valve there is too much pressure in your water lines or there is too much pressure in. Turn off the power to the leaking water heater.

The only type of water heater that has an exhaust vent is a gas model and that flue runs through the length of the tank. In some cases a shut off valve is located on a pipe. The supply pipes delivering water to the water heater are leaking at their connections the pipes themselves are leaking or there is a leak inside the water heater tank. Your car s exhaust does exactly what it sounds like it does expels things.

Water is spraying from the pipes or water heater.