marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand) (08/30/84)
Over the last couple of days I have observed a sweet sulphurous (sic) smell (a bit like hard boiled eggs) through the air vents when the engine gets warm. It does not overheat, there is no apparent loss of performance and everything else appears normal (plenty of oil, coolant, etc, no smoke, leaks etc). My local service station suggested that the coolant was low or leaking - nope! The car is an '83 RX-7 GSL, 25,000 miles, regularly serviced, fuelled with major brand gas (seven sisters plus Getty). Has anybody got any suggestions as to: 1. what is it? 2. is it serious? 3. what do I do about it? Thanks in anticipation, Marcus G. Hand (pyuxt!marcus)
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (08/30/84)
I had the same problem with my Toyota once. It seems the dealer, during one of the regular service stops, had painted something on the Catalitic converter. Whenever the CC warmed up, the smell of rotten eggs began to seep into the car. I could not find out what it was and the dealer never offered an explanation. I only found out a few years later when a friend mentioned that he had the same problem and had found out what it was. I was accusing everyone in the house of spilling something in the back seat for 6 months. Boy, what a smell. Check out your CC and see if it was serviced with this gunk. If it was, good luck, the smell hangs on for quite awhile. T. C. Wheeler
heneghan@ihuxa.UUCP (Joe Heneghan) (08/30/84)
Sulphur Dioxide leaking at the exhaust manifold?
dlg55611@ihuxk.UUCP (dlg55611) (08/30/84)
The probable cause of the sulphurous smell is your catalytic convertor, assuming your car has one. Have the exhaust gas analyzed to insure proper function of the convertor.