[s-cars] Re: Lt. Stinky..

[William Noland]

Think I can explain this for you -- sounds like you filled up with a
tank of California gasoline. Strange that you would be able to find it
in Norway.  :-)

The rotten egg smell will usually come with idling after spirited
driving -- the car is running rich. It is somewhat dependent on the
brand of fuel -- some are better than others. Most here in Northern
California are pretty bad. The gray/blue usually means oil. Oil will
collect in the lower turbo hoses sometimes, so if it doesn't continue, I
wouldn't worry about that too much.

Bill N
Living on low grade swill in NorCal

>After some spirited driving this morning, I pulled into the parking lot
>where my wife should join her workmates (No no.. It's not what you
>think, they just commute together!! ;o) and looked/sniffed at my S4's
>exhaust. It had a gray/blueish tone, and smelt like rotten eggs. (It
>does that from time to time..) The hint of blue turned completely gray
>after just some minute of idle. It runs well, (timing belt ok) but has a
>somewhat poor mileage.
>Guess it's time for a O2 sensor change after 210.000km?
>