exhaust smells like eggs

anyone ever noticed after gettin' on your truck ...that the exhaust fumes smelled like rotten eggs?

 

LMAO, No ive never smelled that...Well ya, When I burried my truck it did.

 

I haven't on my own vehicle but my buddys bronco has a smell sort of like that

 

have the catalytic converter looked at by a TRUSTED mechanic...

 

yup, your cat is probably done.

 

how many miles do you have on your truck? I believe (and someone please correct me if I am wrong) that usually means the catalytic converter is going south.

 

Eggs, huh? Now if you could just get it to smell like bacon. Mmmmmm.

 

Could it be that the o2 sensor going out?

 

but my truck only has 38000 on it and i first noticed the smell probably 10000 miles ago.....its only sometimes, and only when i push it to the limit real quick, like slam the pedal to floor right off the line. the next red light, i might smell eggs...

 

i think u r smelling the cat converter going bad...it recycles the exhaust. I dont believe it has anythnig to do with the O2 sensor... I also have a 93 jeep wrangler and the same thing (cat conv) happen with it...it was much more noticeable because it was topless at the time...smelled like the land fill LOL

 

One of the first things to try is another gas station. Could be a load of gas with a higher than normal sulfer content. Issue has been around a long time.

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/tsb/sulfur_smell/eg003-03.pdf

Above is a link to a TSB from Toyota from 2003.

 

its called "sulfur" . its from the fuel/exhaust at WOT usually under heavy load.

 

sounds like the cat

 

had a customer come into the shop today for the same thing. I put some fuel injector cleaner in the gas tank and told them to use a better gas station....as others have said and higher then usual sulfer content in the gas. Try a better gas station.

 

this.

Cat went out on my 03 Matrix like 3 months after purchase...was a known issue for Toyota, TSB'd, taken care of for free by the dealer.

 

if toyota covers the cost then go now and get in the service line before they change their mind...sounds awfully early for the cat to go but anything is possible...next thing you know they will tell us something is wrong with our floor mats...LOL

 

must be that damn wawa gas(for those of you in the NJ/Pennsylvania area)...thats where i get my gas 90% of the time...which gas station has the "highest" quality of gasoline and should i use a higher grade than 87?

 

I believe all emission related parts are guarenteed for something like 5 years on new vehicles. It is for motorcycles anyways. If it's the cat that needs replacing, it's probably covered under warranty.

 

Same thing happened to me with an '04 4Runner maybe 2 months old. Turned out to be the cat. Toyota replaced it, and no more smelling like ass.

 

Other than that, the Trix hasn't had a single issue in 170k miles.