Honda Accord & CRV fumes somtimes have bad smell

Discussion in 'Accord' started by 7thGen'er, Nov 5, 2003.

  1. 7thGen'er

    7thGen'er Guest

    Probably the high sulphur content in the gasoline
     
    7thGen'er, Nov 5, 2003
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  2. 7thGen'er

    Hai Pham Guest

    All:

    Someone at work told me Honda Accord & CRV has very bad smell like rotten
    eggs from exhaust system. They said it may be something wrong with catalyst
    converter, anyone knows about it?

    Thanks

    Hai
     
    Hai Pham, Nov 6, 2003
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  3. Hai,
    It's perfectly normal for your vehicle to smell funny for the first
    three or four minutes before it's warmed up. Some cars are worse than
    others. Some _fuels_ are worse too. Were they sniffing your tailpipe
    when you arrive, or when you're headed for home??? (rude, eh?)

    'Curly'

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    'Curly Q. Links', Nov 6, 2003
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  4. 7thGen'er

    Hai Pham Guest

    Curly,

    When just came back from lunch and my friend got out the car and smell it.
    About 2 weeks later (last Tuesday), other friend told me he hear Honda
    Accord may have the catalyst converter problem causing bad smell.

    Hai
     
    Hai Pham, Nov 7, 2003
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    BigJohnson Guest

    I doubt that the converter is the problem. Generally the sulfur
    dioxide smell is emitted from the converter when it is unable to
    do what is was designed to do, because a fault in the fuel/air
    ratio controller that overloads the converter with unburned
    fuel. There are several sources in the closed loop system that
    can result in it operating outside of it design parameters. I
    would suggest you have the vehicle connected to an engine
    analyzed to discover the source of the fault in the closed loop
    system and have it corrected.. It could be as simple as a
    leaking injector


    mike hunt
     
    BigJohnson, Nov 7, 2003
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