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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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Sluggish acceleration + Rotten egg smell + 2 bad MAF in 5 months = bad catalytic converter????
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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Yes! Si! Wi! Ja! Tak! Da! Hai!
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:28 PM
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Are you driniking ...
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:30 PM
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by NmexMAX
Are you driniking ...

no its serious question, both of my Mass air flow sensors went bad, I get really sluggish acceleration and every once in a while I get this rotten egg smell after hard acceleration
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:35 PM
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I said YES, man... it's a bad cat.

Bad cat... bad, bad cat.

Meow.
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:37 PM
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Now we have Cats here.....
Yes it is your cat.... it is bad....
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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I said YES, man... it's a bad cat.

Bad cat... bad, bad cat.

Meow.

OH....ok, thanks man, This answers so many questions. Thank you guys very much
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Old May 14, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Lontar1
Now we have Cats here.....
Yes it is your cat.... it is bad....

its good to get a second opinion, once again, thank you
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Old May 14, 2005 | 03:22 PM
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All cats on all cars have an 8 yr or 80,000 mile warrenty. Hopefully you're still under that because they are expensive.
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Old May 15, 2005 | 08:27 AM
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so we can just go to the dealership if we're under 80,000 and get it replaced? that's hot, mine has overheated
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Old May 15, 2005 | 08:47 AM
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Yes, if you are within the warranty of the item.

Angry... whenever you smell rotten eggs... it is 95% chance of being the cat.
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