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Question for the Auto Mechanics, Rotten Egg Smell *REVISITED* Pg 5
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clogged cat homie!
clogged cat can be caused by faulty bank 1 o2 sensor giving false reading causing the computer to think its running lean and dumping extra fuel. or it could be caused by either a faulty thermostat or coolant temperature sensor, which would cause the computer to do the same thing. or if its a car that utilizes a secondary air pump for emissions, a faulty solenoid would cause the vehicle to run rich, causing cat to become clogged. clogged cat can easily be checked by using a infrared temp gun to measure the temps at the front and rear of cat. if the temps are close to the same its not clogged, but if the engine side is significantly higher....bingo!
but rotten egg smell generally points to a clogged cat. you will also notice a decrease in power, especially under load or going up steep hills. vehicle will seem to "bog" down
Problem-rotten egg smell rotten egg smell generally points to clogged cat Clogged cat generally caused by a rich fuel mixture condition running rich generally caused a failure in any of sensors related to the fuel/emissions
bank 1 & 2 o2 sensors map or maf sensor IAT or coolant temp sensor secondary air system egr system
a sticking open secondary air solenoid or egr valve can cause a engine to run rich without throwing a DTC by allowing unmetered air into the exhaust system, causing bank 1 to detect a lean fuel mixture and adding fuel to compensate resulting in a unnecessary rich fuel mixture condition.
Quoting: The Wild 0nes The car is an 01 Grand Prix GTP modded. Its not clogged, but thats not to say it will not get that way. It has plenty of power, it still turns the wheels over at 40 mph if I put the pedal down just like it did when I originally installed the mods. It does not always have the smell. I tend to baby it around town. As was mentioned in an earlier post about running it harder seems to help, if I get on the highway for 40 miles or so it stops for a few weeks. Changing where I get gas also makes it stop for awhile. Running it harder does indeed seem to make it go away, for awhile. When I am out tomorrow I will run the dog shit out of it and see what happens. According to the computer, everything is still functioning fine, no fault codes. My real time OBDII software(torque pro) shows the temp as 180 degrees as it should be with a 180 degree thermostat. Short of actually doing manual checks with voltmeters and such, I am assuming the computer would alert me if something was running out of spec. Running rich I suppose could be a possibility here if unmetered air is getting in, I will check into it.
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