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Old 02-21-2004, 12:29 AM
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the exhaust from my car has a weird *** smell to it...everyone says something to me about it all the time...kinda smells like a ronchy fart...anyone elses car have that smell? or is there something wrong with my car
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the exhaust from my car has a weird *** smell to it...everyone says something to me about it all the time...kinda smells like a ronchy fart...anyone elses car have that smell? or is there something wrong with my car
does it do it before you drive it or after. might be clutch. mine stinks somtimes.
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nope i can smell it coming straight from the exhaust...clutch smells like hot brakes...
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well i still got a little bit of the new car smell left (if i don't drive the car for a while its gets stronger, only 2.5k miles) so thats a good smell. ya the clutch is definitly a different type of smell, im pretty sure it was giving me headaches. when i first got the car i always came back with a headache...so who knows...if ya get headaches...it might be a burning clutch
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Originally Posted by 01SSM6
nope i can smell it coming straight from the exhaust...clutch smells like hot brakes...
hummm? change gas stations
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nah i know for a fact it isn't my clutch because like i said while its idling i got out and sniffed the exhaust fumes...stinky as a bastard...everyone i cruise with either has 5.0's older G'bodys or imports so i'm in a league of my own
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Does your car have a lot of miles on it your converters can be going bad
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23,000 miles...i always put Shell 93 or Sunoco 94....aren't many Sunoco's around..so mostly Shell 93..
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Put some gas treatment into it. Just my 2 cents.
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fuel injector cleaner? i'm used to older cars...smell gas...re jet the carb or some ****..i dunno
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maybe a bad cat?
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rotten egg smelling *** coming from exhaust = bad catalyctic converters
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howcould my cats be bad the car only has 23,000 miles on it
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Can't tell you how they go bad but I had a bad cat and it smelled like a rotten egg? Just my experience with it




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