Rotten Egg Smell After Driving
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 272
Likes: 2
From: West Hills CA
Rotten Egg Smell After Driving
So I really have only driven this car maybe a few miles. I had to fix the worn out leaking rubber fuel hoses before I could actually drive the thing. My question is, after a few miles I get this faint rotten egg smell entering the cabin. This weekend I'll be flushing the coolant, and hopefully changing the tranny and diff fluids. What would that smell be coming from?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 803
Likes: 4
From: Christchurch, New Zealand
This may not be of any help to you, but the last time I smelled that in a car was when our XJ8 Jaguar's secondary timing chain tensioners gave out, and the secondary timing chain jumped a tooth on the cam sprocket. I think unburnt fuel was getting it's way into the catalytic converter. Lucky we spotted it when we did. If it had jumped another tooth, Mr exhaust valve would have had a rather nasty encounter with Mrs piston!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,070
Likes: 5
From: N.Richland Hills Texas
Last time I smelled something like that was when the battery regulator failed on a C-47... Batteries overcharged.. You might want to take a look at your battery and charging system ...
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 7,098
Likes: 378
From: Las Vegas - Just stop perpetuating myths please.
To lean, to rich, to hot will kill a cat.
To test they need to drill upstream (and down stream) holes in exh pipe and can be expensive/time consuming.
See your local smog test station,
cardo
To test they need to drill upstream (and down stream) holes in exh pipe and can be expensive/time consuming.
See your local smog test station,
cardo
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 12,399
Likes: 247
From: San Jose CA
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 272
Likes: 2
From: West Hills CA
Thanks for the info, charging system indicates its ok. Probably that 34 year old cat then. I'll replace my factory exhaust with a stainless steel setup later I'll just replace the cat then.