exhaust help - rotten egg smell
08-24-2002, 09:55 PM
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exhaust help - rotten egg smell
It seems everytime I give it some gas (shift points ~4.5k rpm) to about 60mph, when I stop it reaks of rotten eggs. My friend said he smelled it too when i passed him on the highway going over 60mph (also driving lead-footed). I took it to infiniti and they said they checked the cat and everything was fine, which I'd love to hear how they managed that. I always use name brand 93 octane fuel (bp/amoco, exxon, hess). Is my cat-convertor clogged and infiniti is just ****in' me around? or anybody know of anything else to check?
btw: I tried power-breaking it up to ~2krpm for alittle bit when i came home tonight...I couldn't duplicate the smell. I also floored it shortly 'til I hit 4.5k rpm ~45mph and I couldn't get the smell either, it only seems to happens when i lay on the pedal above 50mph.
btw: I tried power-breaking it up to ~2krpm for alittle bit when i came home tonight...I couldn't duplicate the smell. I also floored it shortly 'til I hit 4.5k rpm ~45mph and I couldn't get the smell either, it only seems to happens when i lay on the pedal above 50mph.
08-25-2002, 08:11 AM
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Re: exhaust help - rotten egg smell
Originally posted by talisman311
It seems everytime I give it some gas (shift points ~4.5k rpm) to about 60mph, when I stop it reaks of rotten eggs. My friend said he smelled it too when i passed him on the highway going over 60mph (also driving lead-footed). I took it to infiniti and they said they checked the cat and everything was fine, which I'd love to hear how they managed that. I always use name brand 93 octane fuel (bp/amoco, exxon, hess). Is my cat-convertor clogged and infiniti is just ****in' me around? or anybody know of anything else to check?
btw: I tried power-breaking it up to ~2krpm for alittle bit when i came home tonight...I couldn't duplicate the smell. I also floored it shortly 'til I hit 4.5k rpm ~45mph and I couldn't get the smell either, it only seems to happens when i lay on the pedal above 50mph.
It seems everytime I give it some gas (shift points ~4.5k rpm) to about 60mph, when I stop it reaks of rotten eggs. My friend said he smelled it too when i passed him on the highway going over 60mph (also driving lead-footed). I took it to infiniti and they said they checked the cat and everything was fine, which I'd love to hear how they managed that. I always use name brand 93 octane fuel (bp/amoco, exxon, hess). Is my cat-convertor clogged and infiniti is just ****in' me around? or anybody know of anything else to check?
btw: I tried power-breaking it up to ~2krpm for alittle bit when i came home tonight...I couldn't duplicate the smell. I also floored it shortly 'til I hit 4.5k rpm ~45mph and I couldn't get the smell either, it only seems to happens when i lay on the pedal above 50mph.
I got that sound on my other car when the O2 sensor died
08-25-2002, 08:44 AM
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So how do i get infiniti to replace it
This car's still under the basic warranty.. Anybody have any ideas how I can prove this to infiniti so they can replace it. They're located on a busy street so I can't exactly go 70mph right before i go there..doh. pmo. So you guys think it's the pre-cat or main cat?
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