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Anything new with the Sulphur smell

Old 05-07-2004, 05:39 AM
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Anything new with the Sulphur smell

I ran a thread quite awhile ago regarding the sulphur smell with the new 4th gens. I was wondering if anyone besides me is still experiencing this problem when you punch it. I was hoping that the smell would have stopped by now (currently i am at 12,500 miles) but it hasn't. I have used every type of gas out there and i still have this problem. Has anyone found a remedy to this annoying issue?

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Old 05-07-2004, 06:09 AM
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Put a supercharger on it, I don't have any sulpher smell. Well, I didn't have the smell before either.

What part of the country do you live in? I always thought additives reacted with the catalytic converter to make that smell, or the catalytic converters may not be working correctly. Ask the dealer since you should still be under warranty.

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My mom just got a brand new Highlander, smae thing happens.

I do live in one of 4 states with no gasaline quality laws too.

It has subsided though, must have been the exhaust burning out inside.


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I ocassionally smelled this but switched to Chevron/76 full time and it is no longer there. I live in CA if that makes a diff.
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I had the smell for awhile ... then I changed the exhaust so it'd come out the side, and that helped a bit.
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