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Old 12-13-2004, 05:23 PM
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need a new cat?

i get the tell tale rotten egg smell in the car everyonce in a while when i floor it... does the cat need to be replaced? the only reason i do not think so is because it is not all the time, i have no loss of power and if i can only smell it when i hit it for like 6 sec.
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Old 12-13-2004, 07:52 PM
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bad gas? IF YOU'RE cats are bad, you might get an MIL lit
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Old 12-13-2004, 07:53 PM
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i think thats normal, because any car you floor, you'll get that smell
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Old 12-14-2004, 11:32 AM
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thanks.. i will have them checked anyway.. i know it is not bad gass. it has been noticable for about two weeks and i always get 93 oct. gass from the same Hess Station.
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Your cat is fine...that smell is normal
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Old 12-14-2004, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by young1976
bad gas? IF YOU'RE cats are bad, you might get an MIL lit
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you might get an MIL lit

Originally Posted by jklx86
any car you floor, you'll get that smell
Not on my 95, but that's because I have no cats
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Old 12-14-2004, 02:44 PM
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it's not the gas you get quality wise, it's the ethanol, MTBE, and/or other additives that are in fuel now. Your car will like smell like that no matter what unless we stop using these reformualted fuels.
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Old 12-14-2004, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GreenSeMax
it's not the gas you get quality wise, it's the ethanol, MTBE, and/or other additives that are in fuel now. Your car will like smell like that no matter what unless we stop using these reformualted fuels.
Or eliminate the cats and it will not emit the rotten egg smell, which is the only thing you will notice besides damaging the ozone layer because the power gains are minimal or non-existent, as Ceasars Chariot once proved.
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Maybe you should spay or neuter your cat...
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