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Old 10-29-2009, 05:44 AM
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Rotten egg smell

My 2008 Powerstroke seems to run great but recently I have noticed a distinct rotten egg smell in the exhaust. This seems to be a change since I never noticed it before or at least not as obvious. There doesn't seem to be any other indication of problems that I can see. I don't have a code reader but no error messages or check engine lights and no difference in how the engine sounds or runs. My concern is that this change in smell might indicate a problem with fuel mixture or something. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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Old 10-29-2009, 12:12 PM
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May not be an exhust smell, you could have a bad battery they smell like sulfur (rotten eggs) when bad or leaking
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Old 10-29-2009, 12:19 PM
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Sometimes my buddies 08 smells like that to. Heck I haven't even smelt a "diesel" smell out of none of these new stock trucks. Dunno what it is. I just kinda figured it was the ulsd in that new motor. Dunno though.

I have another friend with a duracrap and it always smell sulfury

My 99 smells like diesel, wonderful, rich diesel
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Mine has a different smell (other than diesel). I thought it was something in the ULSD. Maybe one of the things that makes it foam so much.
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do you still have the cat on..the egg smell is a tell tail sign of a bad cat
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Old 10-29-2009, 03:16 PM
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do you still have the cat on..the egg smell is a tell tail sign of a bad cat
Really ?
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I have the cat on since mine is stock, but mine doesn't smell like rotten eggs. Just not the normal diesel smell
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Old 10-29-2009, 03:31 PM
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well..ive never smelt a bad cat on a diesel...but thats what they smell like on gas jobs
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Old 10-29-2009, 06:28 PM
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Thanks guys. Yeah everything is stock. Cat is still on. Maybe I need to talk to my tech about the cat. Sounds plausible.
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