New cat, new smell
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New cat, new smell
I just put in a high flow cat, now sometimes I get that rotten egg smell that is often attributed to a bad convertor. What'* the deal?
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Yeah i hope so, that is honestly what i have heard from many people, but to be safe you could try calling up the place where you got it from and ask them if it'* normal. Cause if it'* a high flow cat you probably paid decent coin for it so you don't want it to be faulty. I would say im about 98% sure that it'* because it'* new though.
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That smell is the new chemicals mixing inside the cat (not completely active). They do not completely filter the exhaust gasses until you have driven the car for quite a while. I believe the break in is close to 1000 miles, but I have heard different opinions.