[mUSiCiaN]

I get a real nasty odor whenever I kick it down to pass another car....anyone else get the same....??

 

[mUSiCiaN]

I get a real nasty odor whenever I kick it down to pass another car....anyone else get the same....??

And its not me .....it smells like the cats overloading or something......

 

[theargosy]

could it be...

...some part of your car scraping against the ground? LOL!!!

Seriously, I had a funny smell at first, maybe some kind of paint or other material burning off the drivetrain.

 

[Altimat]

Check your exhaust. You may have picked up a plastic bag or something similar.

 

[mUSiCiaN]

Check your exhaust. You may have picked up a plastic bag or something similar.

it smells like the catalytic conv......i.e. rotten eggs

 

[Altimat]

Usually that smell comes from a clogged convertor on a high-mileage car. I suppose yours may be defective in some way. How many miles do you have? My odors went away within a few hundred miles.

 

[CannedSPam]

Same Thing....

I got the same smell last week after getting the car up to 125 mph. As soon as I backed off it to about 90, I got the same rotten eggs smell. I smelled that aroma twice that day, but not since.....except for when I had chinese for lunch today but that was still a little bit of a different smell! BTW, I had about 2200 miles on the car about that time.

 

[edadams]

I have noticed this on my car also, only under hard acceleration.

 

[Guest]

it the smell of burned Clutch. prac more.

 

[edadams]

I can describe the burnt clutch smell after I drove a 3.5 at my dealer then bought the other one with only 2 miles on it!

 

[Xerious]

Not sure how many miles you have on your car but it could be coming from the headers. I've modded several hondas and acuras and noticed the first thing after adding a new header is a certain smell as the heat sort of burns them in. They change from the grey to the brown color.

I just bought my Altima and am braking it in.. after about 1000 miles I'll drive it a bit harder and see if I get the same smell. So far I'm a Nissan convert. I traded my V6 Accord for my new 3.5 and am loving it. I'm just hoping the parts are as plentiful as they were for the Honda/Acuras.

 

[mUSiCiaN]

it the smell of burned Clutch. prac more.

Its an automatic.......Im gonna try to get nissan 2 look at it......

 

[STU]

you also need to photoshop those rims better

 

[jaltima]

HMMMM

Well boys..the answer to your question is indeed the cat. I replaced mine with a high flow and the smell vanished without a trace.

 

[Burner]

I get the exact same rotten egg smell. It's pretty bad at times. Happens at all sorts of random times but seems to happen most after running the engine hard and then dropping down to idle.

It's definately not the clutch or the regular melting plastic smell that most cars have for the first couple hundred miles.

I'll get the dealer to check it out. My list of items to check out is growing...

 

[ppeter78]

I have noticed the same smell

 

[-=JRC=-]

Thank God! I thought I was the only one who stinks.

 

[Guest]

lol, its the clutch man... It went away after like 1000 miles.

 

[mUSiCiaN]

I get the exact same rotten egg smell. It's pretty bad at times. Happens at all sorts of random times but seems to happen most after running the engine hard and then dropping down to idle.

It's definately not the clutch or the regular melting plastic smell that most cars have for the first couple hundred miles.

I'll get the dealer to check it out. My list of items to check out is growing...

Where did you buy the hi-flo cats?

 

[mUSiCiaN]

lol, its the clutch man... It went away after like 1000 miles.

I dont have a clutch it s an automatic....so now what?