IM NEW......and have a problem
985pdrs
03-26-2005, 02:06 AM
My name is Adriana, and i need help with my camaro, its a 98 camaro rs,
3.8 liter, with a 5 speed. My car has a really bad miss, and its gas mileage is dropping, and the exhaust smells funny. my car just turned over to 64,000 miles, should i have it tuned up?
3.8 liter, with a 5 speed. My car has a really bad miss, and its gas mileage is dropping, and the exhaust smells funny. my car just turned over to 64,000 miles, should i have it tuned up?
Morley
03-26-2005, 06:37 AM
Smells funny as in rotten egg smell?
Try starting out with a tune up, especially if it hasn't had one in the last year, new plugs and new wires if they are the factory ones still.
Try starting out with a tune up, especially if it hasn't had one in the last year, new plugs and new wires if they are the factory ones still.
ViperJ
03-26-2005, 10:43 AM
Also if the exhaust smells funny, your catalytic converter could be going
Genopsyde
03-26-2005, 10:50 AM
also, is the service engine soon light on by any chance?
testtube
03-26-2005, 01:05 PM
Hey, it couldnt be an o2 sensor, could it? My 'service engine soon' light came on after I installed my headers and I could smell gas everytime I shut it off. Turned out to be the o2's. I guess I screwed one up during the swap.
CamarosRsweet94
03-26-2005, 02:06 PM
Have you noticed lack of power at certain speeds? Like does it do it more when you're going slow or when you're beating on the car a little bit?
Savage Messiah
03-26-2005, 06:54 PM
Check your cat by tapping on it and listening for a rattle.
tacoma man.
03-27-2005, 01:39 AM
sounds to me like a o2 sensor, that would explain a hesitation, or miss, and definatly a rich exhaust smell
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