is this normal, i dont know if im running rich, or what, in my 90 vert n/a and in my 10th ae just seem a lil strong..... any insight would be nice......thanks

 

Is this at idle? We all seem to run a bit rich at idle...

Hook up a meter to the O2 sensor's input at the ECU, and take her for a drive. If, at cruise in 5th gear, the meter is bouncing around .5 volts or so, you're good. Anything over .5 means you're rich, and you'll see this at idle and acceleration, if everything's working right...

 

make sure that smell isn't from the engine bay where the pulsation dampaner is....

 

allright ill have a look see......thanx

 

Pretty typical of the 7....the fumes from the exhaust indicate richness. At idle especially.

 

Take out your nose from your tail pipe maybe?
















































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In cars without emmissions it is normal but do you have them or not?

 

you mean in cars with working emissions??

 

It's common, but should it be normally running like that probably not, mine smells rich at idle.
I'm guessing alot of us could use a good tune up.

 

alot of us could use a good haltech

 

the smell should be gone after warm up, with normal emissions on. mine does that, but after warm up, I still can breath with my nose right near the tail piple. NO gas smell at all.

no sweat if not coming from underhood. :-)

 

Read about how to adjust the idle mixture. This can help a rough idle and strong rich smell coming from the exhaust. The instructions are really easy to follow in the Shop Manual. Worth a shot.

 

sometimes when my engien is cold and i put my face at tail light level, my eyes start to water and burn really bad.