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From: john@gcc-milo.UUCP
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Subject: Re: catalytic stench
Message-ID: <466@gcc-milo.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 11:26:08 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  4 11:26:08 1986
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Reply-To: john@gcc-milo.UUCP (John Allred)
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In article <927@unc.unc.UUCP> jge@unc.UUCP (John Eyles) writes:
>Driving my '85 Subaru, I occasionally notice a rotten egg smell,
>particularly after rapid accelerations. I vaguely recall reading here
>that this has something to do with the catalytic converter.

That nasty smell could be oil on the exhaust manifold.  I drive an 84 Scirocco
and smelled rotten eggs through my heater until I replaced the head gasket.
-- 
John Allred
General Computer Company 
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