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Old Jun 14, 2025 | 07:55 PM
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Just curious if anyone else has seen this before. My '21 Lariat 2.7 EB has been dripping water from the front of the muffler for a while now. At first I thought it was A/C condensation but upon looking under the truck you could see the water dripping from the muffler.
The muffler is not rusted out and does NOT have the sound of a muffler with a hole in it...actually still sounds like it did when new. A buddy of mine has an F150 a year of two older than mine and he said that he has seen the same thing with his...and wondered if it is designed where it will let the condensation out of the muffler without letting it set in there and rust it out.

Can anyone confirm this theory? My truck has 42K miles. I would think that if it was leaking water that much from the muffler, it would sound like an old jalopy puttin' down the road .
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Old Jun 14, 2025 | 08:19 PM
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It sounds completely normal. It's condensation from the exhaust gases. All ICE vehicles do it.
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Old Jun 14, 2025 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevinande
It sounds completely normal. It's condensation from the exhaust gases. All ICE vehicles do it.
Thanks for the reply. That eases my mind...!
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Old Jun 16, 2025 | 01:01 AM
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Yup totally normal
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Old Jun 16, 2025 | 01:57 AM
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Normal IIRC My 2021 did the same IIRC they have a Weep Hole in the Muffler to let the moisture out!!
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Old Jun 16, 2025 | 11:10 AM
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Thanks for all the replies. Glad I didn't take it in for a new muffler...!
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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 08:56 AM
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I have a 5.0 and mine drips like a have a water leak. Totally normal.
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