Bad egg smell from My ZRE corolla

[A.K]

SINCE I got MY Corolla it has had a strong bad egg smell sometimes, just want to know who have similar problem as mine, should i worry about it or take it back to dealer ?

thanks

my car is 2008ZRE corolla hatchback

[123R-Prozak]

check your boot, you havn't missed anything in the boot after shopping have u? or back seat under your seat?

[Gab]

maybe the air con filter is bad?

could just be a clump of dirty...dirty air vents

road kill!

[chicken]

maybe something to do with the catalytic converter in your exhaust system.

Edited March 15, 2009 by chicken

[123R-Prozak]

do those have a pollen filter??

[KevO]

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its nothing to be worried about. its just how new cars, with new engines are.

the smell will eventually go, say around 4-5000km or even more depending on variables.

[One-pager]

if you leave your air con setting to fresh air, rather than recirculate, then you will always have this smell when driving in traffic. It's the lack of an active carbon filter.

[Rolla Boy]

It's got nothing to do with air con or anything like that...

It's the brand new cat as was suggested...

It will go away, just give it time...

[TCSportivo]

Hey man, another idea on the side could possibly be the battery. How long have you had the car for? If its pretty new then it prob wont be the battery. Does the car ever feel like it has to struggle a bit wen trying to start it? The egg smell can come from the sulfuric acid in the battery where the fluids have all dried up leaving behind just the egg smelling sulfur.

I propose this because in my s15 for a period of time the car would struggle a bit when trying to start. When the battery finally died I could faintly smell rotten eggs in the engine bay coming from the battery terminals.

So yeah, if you start to smell it again, and its coming from the engine bay, check the battery and sniff the terminals lol. Although I doubt its the battery as ZRE's are quite new cars with new batteries.

- Will

[123R-Prozak]

check the battery and sniff the terminals lol.

lol good one, kill the brain cells while sniffing acid lol

[johnnieboi]

Any double clutching? Shifting too fast? That creates a nasty smell.. or someone farted :P jks

[KevO]

burning the clutch will create a burning smell, anything to do with air cond. will create a stale smell, and as far as a battery smelling, never heard of it...

im sure other zre owners have had the same issue as well but none have stated anything right, besides rolla_boy.

[A.K]

my car already done 7000km

I feel the smell from exhaust and i heard someone has same problem.....

maybe it is normal ....thanks your guys

[the_random_hero]

It can also come from a dodgy batch of fuel. Won't hurt your car, just stinks something severe.

[Dave89]

It's the catalitic converter processing the carbon monoxide, happens after you've been giving it to your engine a bit, and/or you're heavily loaded. you can usually smell it when you sit idleing after driving hard, i still smell it occasionally, car is 33,000 old.

Dave

[kobbsno10]

Hi guys

I want to revive this thread as I have the same problem and was going to open a new thread to ask the same question. 1 theory which I was given was that when a car which uses unleaded petrol is due for service this smell will appear! Any thoughts on that? I'm over due for my 18 month service right now!

[flipsta24]

i still get that weird smell coming from my exhaust, it's been serviced twice (only done 20,000km) and i still get that smell, but i only noticed i only get that smell if you give your a little, could be the fuel i use?

[SHIRE.ZRE]

I noticed that egg smell today, never had it before, so I think the dealer might have put some additive to the fuel tank or it's the type of engine oil they use. The car was serviced 2 days ago. I'll see if that smell continues.

Oh, the fuel tank is almost empty too, so maybe the fuel pump is sucking that last bit of fuel with all rotten eggs at the bottom of the fuel tank LOL :)

[Ray89]

lol dude have you been riding the clutch much????? because i only got that smell when freaking mate burnt my clutch :) very ****** off at him :P

[SHIRE.ZRE]

What clutch? mine is auto LOL :)

[chicaboo]

Is there a good egg smell?

[SHIRE.ZRE]

Is there a good egg smell?

Only in my wife's kitchen ;)

[cuppas]

i hope you guys arent running on E10, that makes a pretty awesome smell.

[SHIRE.ZRE]

Nope, I put 95 in mine and sometimes 98.

[kobbsno10]

I use E10 and people have suggested that that is what causes it but if Jalalski doesn't use it yet he still has the same problem then that would rule out that theory. So far we've ruled out the type of fuel, burning clutch (mines auto), I'm doubting that it has anything to do with the air con or pollen filter..... What else could it be?