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01-19-2007, 06:07 PM
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Yes it smells. Every time its running it smells badly like gas from the exhaust. It seems like its running way too rich but i have no way of telling. Is this normal? It does need an EGR, could this be why? 
01-19-2007, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fddriver02' post='854107' date='Jan 19 2007, 07:07 PM
Yes it smells. Every time its running it smells badly like gas from the exhaust. It seems like its running way too rich but i have no way of telling. Is this normal? It does need an EGR, could this be why?
01-19-2007, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mazdapete7' post='854112' date='Jan 19 2007, 04:38 PM
Do you still have the oem cat?
yes i have both cats. i think they might be clogged. the only mods i have is an intake and exhaust. no fuel computer. maybe the 02 sensor is out? would the cpu throw a code for that? it is throwing one for the egr.
01-20-2007, 07:01 AM
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I'd go ahead and fix the EGR. If the EGR is sticking open at idle, it's going to behave like a big vacuum leak. I recall an old girlfriend's 4-cylinder where a faulty EGR caused enough unburned gas to enter the exhaust that the catalytic converter was literally glowing bright red.
01-21-2007, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='854158' date='Jan 20 2007, 05:01 AM
I'd go ahead and fix the EGR. If the EGR is sticking open at idle, it's going to behave like a big vacuum leak. I recall an old girlfriend's 4-cylinder where a faulty EGR caused enough unburned gas to enter the exhaust that the catalytic converter was literally glowing bright red.
cool. my car has stock underbody lighting. i dont have to get them at autozone. haha
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