1998 Pontiac Firebird "rich smell coming exhaust" Questions

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...I can smell really rich exhaust. Black smoke, backfires. a tune up will be appropriate like spark plugs,cap rotor,clean throttle body,fuel filter, let try that first and look for PCM code hope it ...

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...smell can be detected in the engine oil. Check the above mentioned systems and after detecting the trouble replace the faulty parts and then the engine oil and filter. Get your crank angle sensor ...

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...rich mixture, to warm the engine) The therostate may be installed unside down or is open all the time or is missing. ( the therostate needs to make the car get up to 200degrees F or the raditior may ...

...smell like rotten eggs (sulfur)? If so, could be catalytic converter clogged up. Clogged exhaust or over rich fuel mixture. feel the exhaust coming out if barely any flow and smells like rotten eggs ...

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rich run and that will fix the rotten egg smell Sounds like a clogged catalytic converter that needs to be replaced. I agree with the Cat being clogged.. The exhaust not getting out is whats making it

...and bad fuel smelling vapour comes out of the exhaust if its actually raw fuel then the car is running very rich(too much fuel). the bad fuel vapour smell is also an indication of over

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...smell is just your car burning rich and the exhaust has holes in it, it will smell up the inside of your car. And yes if your carb. is burning too rich then it needs adjusted. Wasting your fuel, and ...

...smell of raw gas from the exhaust If the exhaust coming from your vehicle smells like gasoline, it's often due to an overly rich air/fuel ratio. This means that either too much fuel or too little air ...

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...the car for fuel line leaks just in case. If the system is running rich, a warning will appear. Sometimes old gas will make the exhaust smell stronger and if you used the E85 there will be more

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I'm rich my jeep is running rich i can smell the gas when it shuts off what do I do to correct this problem Is there black smoke coming from the exhaust? If yes then check the map sensor.

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