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galekenukis Oct 27, 2009 04:11 PM

Rotten egg smell! Help please!
 
I've got a rotten egg smell coming from my vents. I've been told it may be my battery or my catalytic converter has gone bad. Any help would be awesome.

clic Oct 27, 2009 04:23 PM

unfamiliar with the catalytic converter, but u can eliminate half of your troubles by checking the battery and it will be easy to notice if any of the acid is leaking. do you have any small animals under your hood? those have a tendency of smelling bad if left alone for long enough

mk378 Oct 27, 2009 04:42 PM

If you find the smell is coming from the battery, that usually means the alternator is overcharging it. A new battery will just burn up too unless you fix the overcharging.

94civichatchback Oct 27, 2009 05:54 PM

the smell is coming from your battery or cat, to check if its the battery drive it for alittle while then feel the battery does it feel warm?

supersize Oct 27, 2009 06:26 PM

lol someone might have put eggs down ur vents by ur windshield.. totally undetectable till the smell sets in... best prank... you cant get rid of it either haha

roadliner Oct 28, 2009 03:01 AM

Take your car to your loacal Autozone and they will check your battery and chrging system for free. Check for those eggs or dead animals under the hood first :p

Slamdunk Feb 26, 2014 10:54 AM

Been having the same issue every once in awhile, im going to stop by autozone to have them check my battery,
Do you think having a sound system in the car using power from the battery could be a part of this?

SPLAT Feb 26, 2014 02:41 PM

No, Im going to put money down and say its your cat.

GeeIWon Feb 27, 2014 10:32 AM

I wonder if and when they found out their answer..the post was from 2009 :)

Slamdunk Feb 28, 2014 07:25 AM

I noticed that and i was kind of surprised i got a reply on this thread, haha.


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