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05 outback code er55 car misses and smokes black exhaust smells like eggs what is wrong

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Black smoke indicates that it is over fuelling, probably from a faulty injector
the eggs smell is hydrogen sulphide ( rotten egg gas) and is the cat converter doing its job ( same as new car exhaust smell)

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 16, 2009

SOURCE: check engine light on 97 honda odyssey code 171?

Hi, the egg smell is an early sign of bad valve timing and bad seals as well. the engine light normally, will signal a change for a specific sensor like a O2 sensor or egr valve or pcv malfunction.


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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 01, 2009

SOURCE: white smoke and smell of eggs

White smoke in the exhaust, more so on a cold start. That's steam. Water is getting into the combustion chamber. Most likely coolant.
Put your hand in the white smoke to capture the odor. (don't burn yourself)
What does your hand smell like? Coolant (anti-freeze & water) smells sweet.
Likeliest cause = head gasket. Possible = cracked head - depending on how hot it got. Less likely = cracked intake manifold.
Maybe a blown head gasket 

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  • Posted on Jun 04, 2009

SOURCE: i have a subaru legacy outback, abs light comes on

one of your abs sensor is bad or the abs motor,go to local shop to diagnose which sensor,shop usually charge $ 60 to diagnose abs system,good luck, let me know ..

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  • Posted on Dec 11, 2009

SOURCE: I pulled the CEL code P0031 from my 05 Outback.

this is a hard fault, this means u have a wiring problem, the sensor was good, that is why the PCM set a code for the same fault right away.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 29, 2010

SOURCE: freelander td4 engine smoking through the exhaust

could be your head gasket

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It sounds like it may be your O2 sensor because if it is not working properly, the engine cannot determine how much fuel to ingest which would cause rough idling.
  • sometimes a bad 02 sensor causes a fuel smell from the exhaust, or you can just remove and check the sensor. if its really black "like charcoal" you might wana get it changed, also checked the wires on it and make sure they're not torn or anything. have scanned to find problem code if check engine light is on. good luck!!
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If the smell is like rotten eggs you have a cat converter that has failed. If it is another smell (can't tell because I don't know what kind of antifreeze you have) but you will see while smoke it sounds like you have a blown head gasket. If the gasket blew badly enough, you may be loosing compression on one or two cylinders. which could cause it to run poorly. and having your map sensor unplugged doesn't. help.

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Not sure if engine coolant smells like rotten egs when it burns inside the cylinders , but it sounds like you may have blown a head gasket. Coolant and/or oil could be getting inside combustion chamber. Another possibility is that the catyletic converter might have broken up and colapsed onto the screen where it goes into the exhaust. Might give the rotten egg smell and block the exhaust enough to cause backpressure sufficient to cause the engine to run poorly too.
Try putting your palm over the exhaust pipe , if the exhaust is coming out in pulses (pop ,pop,pop) thats normal , if it is just slowly flowing out with no noticable pulses , I would check into the cat converter problem.
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White smoke and smell of eggs

White smoke in the exhaust, more so on a cold start. That's steam. Water is getting into the combustion chamber. Most likely coolant.
Put your hand in the white smoke to capture the odor. (don't burn yourself)
What does your hand smell like? Coolant (anti-freeze & water) smells sweet.
Likeliest cause = head gasket. Possible = cracked head - depending on how hot it got. Less likely = cracked intake manifold.
Maybe a blown head gasket 
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