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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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So yesterday while driving I kept smelling rotten fish and it smelt like it was coming from outside so I thought nothing of it. Well when i go out of my car it REALLY smelt like fish and it was coming from my SC, so I looked around to make sure nothing was out of the ordinary or on fire, While checking things out I followed the smell and it is coming from my exhaust...............WTF lol, what could this be?

Today the samething happened, as soon as my car got warm the fish smell came back
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:40 PM
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sounds fuel related...start there and see if anything is out of the ordinary...

in the mean time, cut down on the long john silvers drive thru
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jdmJZA70
sounds fuel related...start there and see if anything is out of the ordinary...

in the mean time, cut down on the long john silvers drive thru
LOL. The exhaust coming out smells normal, the smell seems to be coming from the 2 cat converter area..............bad cats?
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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LOL. The exhaust coming out smells normal, the smell seems to be coming from the 2 cat converter area..............bad cats?
yes good possibility, when my cats went bad it would smell like rotten eggs instead tho
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jdmJZA70
yes good possibility, when my cats went bad it would smell like rotten eggs instead tho
Yeah I have always heard about the egg smell, but I have never smelt anything like this before coming from a car lol
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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yes, cats are bad.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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^^^+1 also have you noticed your performace going down a little. Also if your converter is plugging it could cause spark knock so just list out for it but chances are you should be fine for a little while if you can't fix now
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yes, cats are bad.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 02:39 AM
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Performance................WTF is that lol. My car feels like a pregnant pig in a foot race going from a stop.

So i guess my next question is go aftermarket with both cats or OEM used?
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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i love kitties
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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Happened to me when I ran over a grocery bag and it melted to my exhaust. Stench lasted for weeks when the car'd heat up.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Sup2jzgte
So yesterday while driving I kept smelling rotten fish and it smelt like it was coming from outside so I thought nothing of it. Well when i go out of my car it REALLY smelt like fish and it was coming from my SC, so I looked around to make sure nothing was out of the ordinary or on fire, While checking things out I followed the smell and it is coming from my exhaust...............WTF lol, what could this be?

Today the samething happened, as soon as my car got warm the fish smell came back
Confused by your forum name.

GTE=supradownpipe=no fish=nocats=no pregnant pig
GE=I'll sell you my used header and midpipe
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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there could be an actual cat stuck in there.
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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someone put nuoc mam (vietnamese for fish sauce) in your gas tank..
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