Weird smell on hard acceleration

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11-02-2014, 11:54 AM

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Weird smell on hard acceleration

Cold or warm engine, under hard acceleration there's a strange sulfur-like smell, like a burning matchstick.

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11-03-2014, 09:47 AM

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Overloaded catalytic converters with high sulphur fuels.

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11-03-2014, 10:44 AM

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I had a similar issue, although the smell was more like burning oil.

Many have posted that the cause on a 3.0 can be the "IMT "o rings that need replacing.

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