sputniknyc

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I notice from time to time theres a strange odor similiar to rotten eggs or a bad fart.
Any ideas?

joshoowa

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its the sulfer from the exhaust fumes... i forgot what u could do to hlep, i remember reading it on the diagnostics manual

sputniknyc

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I did get a new exhaust about a month back.

Lyrical

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try cleaning the filter...you'd be amazed at what you'll find in there if you haven't cleaned it in a while..

upstateGS4

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sometimes replacing the cabin filter (located behind the glovebox) helps...i was havin a funk smell but i think it might have been from the ac...when i changed that it went away...did u say you smell this inside the car or when its running and your outside

mkorsu

Rotten egg smell, or Sulpher, like Joshoowa said, usually comes from the cats. When you got the new exhaust did it included new cats? If so, the smell should fade after the internals "burn in". If not, and your cats are old, it could indicate a problem with one.

STONER

could be bad gas. If you got gas from a place that gets it from a cheap distibutor.

upstateGS4

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yeah true, when i used to fart around in my '00 turbo'd civic si before i had the straight piping and exhaust installed, it used to wreak like that and someone said the same thing about it coming from the cat.

sputniknyc

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magnaflows. Just exhaust, I'm using stock cats.
I'll try changing my in cabin filter.

SC300TURBO

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another possibility that it could be in the batteries...when the battery is going bad it can give off the odor of rotten eggs.....something to seriously look into.....be careful
Jeff

koolaidman

cat has gone bad

Lex_Fnatic

I know someone whos kid spilt somethin in their xc90 n couldnt rid of the smell.....they bought a new one.
Guess there s little chance your husband is a banker-?

jroosh

I have this problem as well. There are a couple of posts on it. You may have noticed that the smell is stronger when the sunroof is open and you have accelerated aggressively or kicked it down.

There are two rubber drainage tubes that drain rain water out of the sunroof channel that run from the sunroof area to the back of the car. When the sunroof is open, a vacuum is created thereby sucking exhaust fumes into the sunroof area and then into the car.

There is a recommended fix on a post here somewhere entailing pulling up the rubber hoses at that back of the car so they don't hang down so far but I don't think it alleviates the problem completely.

Hope this is helpful.

LEXUS_KID

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Is the smell still there