Subject: [s-cars] eggs

[Mike Platt]

I would be interested in finding out what causes it
and how to get rid of it too. I believe I have the
original O2 sensor also.(Easily upgradeable for $28)
She's pretty ripe sometime. Runs great though.

On the flip side. My A6 avant had two cats come apart,
due to bad thermostat I concluded, and they are
EXPENSIVE. They were noisy not smelley. Plus, that
white dust in the exhaust pipe was a sign of doom.
Anywho, I found a place that would rebuild them for
$200 each. Sure beats $1000 plus for a new one.

Mike P
95.5 S6 avant, MTM stg 1+
75 Carrera Targa, suspension in parts.

Damn this egg smell.

I get it, badly, pretty much all the time now.  I
thought it might have
been
a result of installing the MTM chip right after I got
it, however it
smelled
like this prior as well.  I'm obviously running rich
then I'd say, and
my
kitties are a toastin'.

I'm @ 90k now, lack of docs on the car makes me
'assume' the O2 sensor
is
original.

Question:  do you recommend replacing the O2 as a
'most likely
culprit', or
do any of you have other suggestions (aside from enjoy
the daily egg
breakfast)?  If so, I believe I've seen some speak to
a 'universal'
Bosch O2
sensor rather than replacing it with the OE one, for
more reasonable
coin?
If so, who's the best to get it from?
Partsconnection.com, etc.?

I'd like to nip this soon before my cats no longer
work.  If they DO
go,
there's no way I'd be replacing them willingly, that's
for sure.  I'd
go
with some of them hollow ones.  Interestingly, I've
heard a 50/50 split
from
many that it WILL / will NOT pass CT emissions w/o the
kitties.  The
guy I
ran into last week with that Smart Car I told you
about mentioned to me
briefly that his chipped '95 with 90k was running
hollow cats, and he
failed
1st time emissions by a C-hair.  Ran it with some 100+
octane, dry gas,
and
a gillion MPH on the highway to the 2nd test, and
squeaked by.  Thought
that
was an interesting point of reference.

TIA!


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