Rotten egg sulfer smell?
#6
Originally posted by jnm2kse
What causes this? I swear my car started to make this stink yesterday in my driveway.
I used to remember what caused it but its slipped my mind....a friends Chevette used to reek of this
What causes this? I swear my car started to make this stink yesterday in my driveway.
I used to remember what caused it but its slipped my mind....a friends Chevette used to reek of this
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#7
Mingo...are you serious?
The smell developed when I was in my driveway the other day testing for my chirp noise(mounts) I remember seeing the Nissan Field tech doing this procedure to show me the noise was "normal" yeah right..
Anyways he yanked up the ebrake and shifted thru all the gears in order to get the chirp to appear. The other night I did the same thing...I was probably idling for about 8-10 minutes, pulled up the ebrake and shifted back and forth thru all the gears a few times(my car is automatic) After I was done I could smell the rotten egg smell..
Did I just hose my tranny? Its not like I beat the crap out of it doing N drops or anything...just shifted gears a few times...
I tell ya...somethings never end...car seems to running and shifting fine....how do I check this?
Anyways he yanked up the ebrake and shifted thru all the gears in order to get the chirp to appear. The other night I did the same thing...I was probably idling for about 8-10 minutes, pulled up the ebrake and shifted back and forth thru all the gears a few times(my car is automatic) After I was done I could smell the rotten egg smell..
Did I just hose my tranny? Its not like I beat the crap out of it doing N drops or anything...just shifted gears a few times...
I tell ya...somethings never end...car seems to running and shifting fine....how do I check this?
#9
its the cat...
not the tranny. easy enough to check tho, pull the dipstick and smell the tranny fluid. Mine is still clear and doesnt stink. kinda tastes like chicken... (ok, maybe a bit on the 'gamey' side)
#10
could be bad gas too, but most likely its the cat converter. Intermitten funky sulphur smells. Had this problem for 11 years with an 89 Max. Smell occured about 4 ties a year or so. Bad thing is it happened on a date once. My car stunk, so I attributed it to the car in front of me lol. I never worried about it.
#11
Re: its the cat...
Originally posted by TimW
not the tranny. easy enough to check tho, pull the dipstick and smell the tranny fluid. Mine is still clear and doesnt stink. kinda tastes like chicken... (ok, maybe a bit on the 'gamey' side)
not the tranny. easy enough to check tho, pull the dipstick and smell the tranny fluid. Mine is still clear and doesnt stink. kinda tastes like chicken... (ok, maybe a bit on the 'gamey' side)
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