Subject: [s-cars] eggs

[Aaron Taylor]

Mike / Paul etc
Let me know what you guys learn.  Mine stinks too.  My kids keep
thinking im farting....
Mike - why did your cats go?  Bad thermostat?  Did she run hot?
Aaron

Mike Platt wrote:

> 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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