[NativeTxn]

I noticed some clear liquid dripping from the driver side just behind the mud flap (see pic). It’s obviously just next to the exhaust so don’t know if the heat from that is creating condensation somewhere or something like that. It’s only happening in that one side and not on the passenger side.

You can see it drip a couple times in the video.

It’s clear/colorless and odorless. About 99% sure it’s just water, but wanted to see if anyone has had the same thing happen and/or knows whether it’s anything to be concerned with.

 

[Robert.Mauro]

Rear AC evaporator.

 

[NativeTxn]

Gotcha. Thanks. Along the lines of what I was thinking but not used to a rear ac condenser.

 

[jcmana52]

Rear AC condenser.

Ok. That sounds plausible but I haven’t used the ac at all even in the driver’s side rear. What can I do to fix this.

 

[jobrien]

Ok. That sounds plausible but I haven’t used the ac at all even in the driver’s side rear. What can I do to fix this.

I believe the ac compressor comes on to help the defrost also.

 

[Titanrx8]

Rear AC condenser.

I think you meant the A/C evaporator. The evaporator is where the refrigerant expands from liquid to gas, absorbing heat and turning the evaporator cold which condenses the humidity from the air. The condensate is what drips off.

 

[Robert.Mauro]

Yep, thanks!

 

[Titanrx8]

Yep, thanks!

Easy to confuse. Inside, it's evaporating refrigerant. Outside, it's condensing the humidity.

 

[Robert.Mauro]

Lol, I just dyslexic terms from time to time. I've installed the stuff when I used to install industrial freezers during my construction years. It's not the only terms I do that with, either.

 

[xydadx3]

Lol, I just dyslexic terms from time to time.

I did that just today trying to explain to management the heat exchanger I had to get fixed. Thinking to myself “does the refrigerant evaporate?”

 

[Robert.Mauro]

I do it with frame rails and sub frame. I do it with numerous other terms. It's all there in my head correctly... like I've never mixed up an evaporator and condenser in the field... but... words the! 🤣

 

[RobertD]

I did that just today trying to explain to management the heat exchanger I had to get fixed. Thinking to myself “does the refrigerant evaporate?”

Yes the refrigerant does indeed evaporate in the evaporator. It is going from a liquid state to a rapidly expanding gaseous state and getting cold. For more fun information look up Joules Thompson Effect.

 

[Titanrx8]

Continuing the digression:

Secular and non-secular
Flammable and inflammable and non-flammable

 

[Crono]

So totally normal?

There's actually a small hose inside the bumper when the water is dripping out of

 

[Robert.Mauro]

Correct, totally normal. There's a few drain hoses there if you have the moonroof.