Rotten egg smell - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

jtl · 02-01-2003, 02:09 AM

My g2 teg has a very nice aroma coming from the exhaust, oh wait no it smells like rotten eggs. I've already replaced the oxygen sensor but that didn't help. I hear that sometimes a converter can cause this. I've also heard that the smell is normal in some cars, something to do with the sulpher content in cirtain brands of gasoline. I only have mobile 1 where I live. Does anyone else experiance this? Thanks
-Jake

1Greyteg · 02-01-2003, 02:44 AM

It is the catalyst in the convertor reacting and smelling it all up.

Can I explain it? Nope.

Have I smelled it before? Yup, and usually on older cars or others where the convertor is about to go bad.

The most notrious car I can remember that just stunk of rotton eggs was the early to mid 80's Dodge and Plymouth K cars.

As per the sulpher content in the gas, I'm just not sure and would be interested in how accurate that information is.

I use Mobil and Sunoco all the time on like 5 different cars and I don't smell it BUT, I know just what you are talking about.

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jtl · 02-01-2003, 11:59 PM

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Originally posted by 1Greyteg
As per the sulpher content in the gas, I'm just not sure and would be interested in how accurate that information is.

A. [/b]

I've read various articles on the internet, not sure how credible the info is.
-Jake

iamthecheeseman · 02-02-2003, 04:05 PM

its a common smell on junk cars when the engines are about to blow

Targa250R · 02-02-2003, 04:35 PM

Replace your catalytic convertor and it should go away.

bluemako · 02-04-2003, 12:25 AM

yeah, the converter is clogged, youll have to replace it, but if you dont, keep using it, and itll start glowing red after a period of time. free underglow!

OmegaHack95LS · 02-04-2003, 11:58 AM

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Originally posted by bluemako
yeah, the converter is clogged, youll have to replace it, but if you dont, keep using it, and itll start glowing red after a period of time. free underglow!

lol i guess that is making it sound like a good thing...

spinergy · 02-04-2003, 02:59 PM

its probably comming from the eggs i put in your exhaust

Tegster · 02-04-2003, 06:18 PM

I had the same prob on my g2 and the cat was plugged.

jtl · 02-04-2003, 11:12 PM

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Originally posted by Tegster
I had the same prob on my g2 and the cat was plugged.

My car seems to run fine, did your's run badly when the cat was clogged? Thanks
-Jake

Tegster · 02-05-2003, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by jtl
My car seems to run fine, did your's run badly when the cat was clogged? Thanks
-Jake

It ran fine but at times when on the throttle it would hesistate for sec and after changing cats I never had it happen again.

teginrs · 02-05-2003, 11:51 AM

common on engines about to go? where did you get that?

jtl · 02-05-2003, 09:46 PM

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Originally posted by teginrs
common on engines about to go? where did you get that?

I think he was joking. I could use that as an excuse and buy a GSR motor

-Jake

ulrdwhite · 02-09-2003, 05:24 PM

try some high grade like 110 or c16 that will clean out your old cat and should temporarly get rid of the smell.