Stinkin Lincoln

[Vicinity]

Sometimes when I gun it on the Mark, the cabin smells like rotten eggs for a minute or two. My friend says that's a smell of burning oil, but I think it might be an evap system deal. Ever run into something like that?

 

[Boston-Bull]

The catalytic converter is bad my guess.

 

[Jim3inVirginia]

Yeah, catalytic converter. Definitely catalytic converter.

I'm an excellent driver.

 

[XR7-4.6]

Yeah sulfur smell = cats. Oil doesn’t smell like that, it’s a distinct carbon odor

 

[Vicinity]

Thats ironic because the bird tends to have a Cat code. I can believe it though. Maybe previous owner bypassed a sensor

 

[1997ThunderbirdLXV6]

I'm an excellent driver.

Hey, me too!

 

[Green T]

Converters have a scent you will not forget. Some say eggs, or matches, or gun powder.

If the cats are bad, I would also want to know what killed them... usually it is a rich condition. Unburned fuel kills the cats.

I too, am an excellent driver! Just ask me.

 

[supergordo]

When cats get like that they don't always throw a code. As well our cars being so old, the programming back then was in general more forgiving than the later model computers. The computer program has a wide margin if that makes sense.

 

[Zep5.0]

Yeah, catalytic converter. Definitely catalytic converter.

I'm an excellent driver.

Love the Rain Man comment. Haven't seen that movie in decades