If you smell rotten eggs in your check engine light has turned on, your car, truck, or utility vehicle’s catalytic converter is going bad. Max Mile Car Care Center can replace the catalytic converter if it is malfunctioning or clogged. Generally, the latter is the problem. Let’s talk more about the catalytic converter, what it does, and the signs that you need a new catalytic converter below.
Burning Sulfur Exhaust Odors
As we mentioned above, you will smell rotten eggs if your catalytic converter is bad. The primary source of this unpleasant odor is the exhaust. You may also smell the eggs in the engine bay and underneath your car, truck, or utility vehicle. The reason why you smell rotten eggs is that the catalytic converter is burning sulfur. Unfortunately, the only way to resolve this problem is to replace the catalytic converter.
Engine Performance Trouble
You might also experience engine performance problems if the catalytic converter is clogged. Again, this is the most common problem a catalytic converter faces. Unfortunately, when the catalytic converter gets clogged, the exhaust released by the combustion chamber cannot flow through it and out the tailpipe. As such, the chamber fills with exhaust and directly affects engine combustion. When this happens, your acceleration and engine performance will become sluggish and slow.
Dark Engine Exhaust Smoke
You might also see exhaust smoke flowing out of the tailpipe. As you know, treated exhaust is clear; you never see your exhaust flowing out of the tailpipe. When the catalytic converter goes bad, the exhaust turns black because it is untreated. In some cases, a faulty catalytic converter can also affect the delicate balance between the fuel and air that is found in the combustion chamber. Both of these things can contribute to the dark exhaust smoke you see coming out of your vehicle’s tailpipe.
Too Much Heat Underneath the Car
When the catalytic converter is malfunctioning, it will produce too much heat. The converter can be found underneath your automobile. Consequently, there will be too much heat being released from the catalytic converter underneath your car, truck, or utility vehicle.
Check Engine Warning
All of these things might be accompanied by a dashboard warning to alert you of trouble. In the case of the catalytic converter, the engine control module, your automobile’s main computer chip, will turn on the check engine light to let you know your vehicle needs to be serviced or repaired. Call Max Mile Car Care Center in Hallam, PA today if your automobile is having any of the issues that we have discussed above. We can replace the catalytic converter if it is malfunctioning or clogged.
