Re: ulfer smell ... cat?

[Bruce Giller <bgiller@domain.elided>]

> >> hi, some of you might remember me mentioning that my car (86 spider
> >> grad) has a distinct smell of burning sulfer when at higher rpms/highway
> >> situations. i'm trying to figure out what to do about it, as it hasn't
> >> magically gone away. could it need a new cat?
> >
> > This is what I've read too for lots of different sources.  They equate
> >the smell to rotten eggs.
> >
> > Bruce
> 
> sorry, do you mean that you've heard from other sources that that smell
> means that the cat is bad?

	
        Jeez, I should read these things before I send them out....;-}}

        I meant to say that "I've read from many different sources that the
burning sulphur smell is from the catalytic converter going bad".  

        Not that there are several sources of the smell!  Sorry about
that, chief!

        Bruce

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