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Old 10-04-2006, 05:34 PM
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Awful Smell

Pretty much as the topic says. I start my car and I get smell as if I ran over a cat and its rottening underneath. However I checked for a dead animal and nothing is there. The smell is really strong on the passenger side at the door. I'm curious, could it be my cat going bad? Would that create a rotten smell?


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Old 10-04-2006, 05:38 PM
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Usually when a cat is going bad it smells like rotten eggs. Is that the smell?
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I AGREE WITH COMP 788
Old 10-04-2006, 06:56 PM
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Well yeah that pretty much is the smell. Rotten eggs, dead cats, all the same.

I'll look in changing it. 120k I guess its time. Is that a Sat morning type job?
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Hey, my ex hit a flock??(is that what you'd call em?) of like 5 or 6 skunks once, and the smell was there for like 3 days.Even after the car wash! It even stunk up half of the parking garage But yeah, you'll most likely need a converter. Unless you have a torch set, you'll probably not be able to replace it yourself.
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