my exhaust smelling like rotten eggs????!
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my exhaust smelling like rotten eggs????!
hey guys..am having a real big problem..everytime i drive the crap out of my car it always smells like rotten eggs from my exhaust..is this bad or good?..people say my car is running rich?...is that true..if so umm how do i not make it run rich...also my car seems about to die out somtimes when i rev it when i just had warmed up the car...i have mods such as..greddy type s bov open atmospheric, apexi gt spec exhaust and aem cai....
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I have a apex gt spec exhaust..also..it was smelling before when i had gapped my stock exhaust..this only happens when i drive it hella hard or rev it hella hard
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arite thanks for all the help you guys...maybe then i will go catless..maybe a downpipe..i guess i'm about to go with the helix..just gotta find one..
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everytime i drive the crap out of my car it always smells like rotten eggs from my exhaust..is this bad or good?..people say my car is running rich?
everytime i drive the crap out of my car it always smells like rotten eggs from my exhaust..is this bad or good?..people say my car is running rich?
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Originally Posted by fliped wrx
hey guys..am having a real big problem..everytime i drive the crap out of my car it always smells like rotten eggs from my exhaust..is this bad or good?..people say my car is running rich?...is that true..if so umm how do i not make it run rich...also my car seems about to die out somtimes when i rev it when i just had warmed up the car...i have mods such as..greddy type s bov open atmospheric, apexi gt spec exhaust and aem cai....
`thanks kevo
`thanks kevo
Also the CAI isn't going to help much. It'll give you HP, but it causes you to run leaner than normal. On an otherwise stock WRX you won't have much of a problem but I would get some sort of engine management to control the AFRs with that CAI if you plan on modding more. It causes you to run lean due to changing the airflow characteristics and the pipe diamater where the MAF is located.
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Originally Posted by SpeedyWRX02
the rotten egg smell is from the cats from running rich. The WRX comes rich from the factory as is and you coupled it with a atmospheric BOV. In between shifts it causes a rich condition since the ECU expects the air to be recirculated back into the intake (after the MAF) and adds fuel for this expected extra air (which it doesn't get). I read about a guy who melted his uppipe cat from just an atmospheric BOV.
Also the CAI isn't going to help much. It'll give you HP, but it causes you to run leaner than normal. On an otherwise stock WRX you won't have much of a problem but I would get some sort of engine management to control the AFRs with that CAI if you plan on modding more. It causes you to run lean due to changing the airflow characteristics and the pipe diamater where the MAF is located.
Also the CAI isn't going to help much. It'll give you HP, but it causes you to run leaner than normal. On an otherwise stock WRX you won't have much of a problem but I would get some sort of engine management to control the AFRs with that CAI if you plan on modding more. It causes you to run lean due to changing the airflow characteristics and the pipe diamater where the MAF is located.
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