Subject: [s-cars] eggs

[Chris Covington]

My CQ smelt like that, and that meant it delt it:  the cat was completely
gone (aka gutted), I discovered.  So either get another fart muffler or
hollow those babies out!

Chris
'91 200q20v

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Aaron Taylor wrote:

> 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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