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rotten egg smell
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:04 pm
by bongoella
hi .
when we stop at lights or in traffic ect. a smell of rotten eggs appears as soon as we get going it vanishes, any ideas
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:09 pm
by francophile1947
Is yours a petrol car? If so, it's from the catalytic converter.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:10 pm
by Harry
If you've got a manual gearbox I'd suggest the clutch slipping/burning out?
But tends to smell of burnt cabbage.....I get that prob every time I drive a manual these days.
H
smell of rotten eggs
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:50 pm
by bongoella
sorry i should have said its a diesel 2.5 and automatic . do diesel bongos have catalytic converter ?
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:32 pm
by Bob
No cat fitted on a diesel, the smell is probably from a car in front, who's cat is not yet up to temperature. As you pull away you drive into the smell. Or one of the kids keeps letting off stink bombs.
Welcome aboard.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:36 pm
by missfixit70
Sounds daft, but it's not the windscreen washer fluid is it? I've had a horrendous whiff from cars in the past, not sure it its different wash fluids mixing or going off, but remedied with a bl**dy good rinse out & dose of Miltons sterilizing fluid.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:47 pm
by heatherpetch
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:12 pm
by maxheadroom
Yes windscreen wash, I had some that used to go off in the bottle if let to long
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:48 am
by Bonza
Might be a good idea to put a voltmeter across the battery(ies) when the engines running. Look for the vehicle battery venting maybe.
BE CAREFUL>
I've smelt the same stink when a battery was "cookin'".
Bonz
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:28 pm
by haydn callow
are you sure no one is throwing rotten eggs at your Bongo??
