My 2003 Chevy Malibu is leaking water from the tail pipe and steam is coming out of the tail pipe. What could this mean?

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Asked by Stepha85 Mar 10, 2013 at 08:20 PM about the 2003 Chevrolet Malibu FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have had the head gaskets fixed
once about a year ago.

5 Answers

175,805

It sounds like another blown head gasket or cracked block.

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175,805

First get a compression check. Next determine what is broken. Third get an estimate from a shop in your area. --- It won't do you much good knowing how much they charge where I live.

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199,605

If all the above checks out here is something else to check. Your muffler should have a small weep hole in the bottom of the outgoing exhaust end. It is there to let the normal condensation that builds up in your exhaust to get out but If it is stopped up it can only get out the tail pipe. Have only seen this once and it just happened to be on my own company truck. If no small hole is found there you can easily scratch around the bottom back rim of the muffler to free up the dirt that has it stopped up.

5,890

Pressure test the radiator/cooling system the results of this will eliminate and or confirm a couple of possibilities. More than likely your going to have to have your worped head machined flat probably like what should have had done first time round.

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