

| Subject: | Re: funky exhaust odors |
| From: | ChuckKuecker |
| Date: | Thu, 2 Apr 1998 06:51:24 -0600 |
At 21:32 4/1/98 -0800, you wrote: >Any ideas as to why exhaust can smell like rotten eggs (hydrogen sulfide), >esp. what causes it? > >Austin Some gasolines contain sulfur compounds, and some catalysts will do the conversion for you. Incidentally, you will never smell this on a non-cat vehicle. Side effect of the struggle for clean air... Chuck Kuecker ckuecker@mcs.net '83 Scirocco (Katy's car now) '58 Ghia Convert '75 Bug '67 Bug '63 Bug (*still* for sale) '91 Vanagon
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