Short lasting burning smell high RPM shifting.

mults · 06-07-2013, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 6spd

Almost every car will do this. Especially cars that aren't run hard or that don't see high RPM's often. It's a sulfur smell caused by the chemical reactions inside the catalytic converter and the tremendous heat at high RPM's. Hope this helps.

When I bought my Santa Fe in 2003 (please don't hate on me), it used to smell like rotten eggs almost every day. After some heated discussions with the service manager, I was finally convinced that it was the additives in the gasoline (especially during the Cleveland winters). Once I tried different brands, the smell would be gone with some, but not others. It never threw a code, so I just learned to live with it.

The smell finally went away, but still comes and goes, depending on the gasoline used.

370Zsteve · 06-07-2013, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mults

When I bought my Santa Fe in 2003 (please don't hate on me), it used to smell like rotten eggs almost every day. After some heated discussions with the service manager, I was finally convinced that it was the additives in the gasoline (especially during the Cleveland winters). Once I tried different brands, the smell would be gone with some, but not others. It never threw a code, so I just learned to live with it.

The smell finally went away, but still comes and goes, depending on the gasoline used.

Since the Santa Fe has hideous performance, one will tend to mash the pedal, thereby dumping fuel, creating heat and cooking the cats.

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