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Old 04-21-2004, 10:38 AM
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Gunpowder Smell?

Hi All,

The other night I was turning right onto a road and the car feltllike lit lost power. So like any good North carolina Redneck I floored it (flooring the gas pedal fixes everything you know ). After doing this I noticed a strong gunpowder smell or very rich fuel smell inside the car. I have since noticed that I can only smell this when the roof is open. When the hatch is closed I smell nothing. Any ideas? I know at WOT it dumps allot of fuel into the system. Maybe this is normal. It has also started to run a little rough lately.

It has 130,000 on it now.

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Paul
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Old 04-21-2004, 06:59 PM
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Mine has done this since I owned it. Only gets the rich smell if I have the sunroof opened. I have replaced alot of stuff to fix it with no luck. Vacuum hoses, intake manifold gaskets, fuel lines, etc. No luck.

The next thing I am trying is the throttle body gasket. Some have mentioned the charcoal canister but I havent changed that yet either.

If you find a solution let us know.
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Old 04-22-2004, 06:12 AM
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will do...

I'll keep you updtated. I'm going to check the codes tonight to see what I find. It's been also having a slightly surging idle, and has also been doing the goofy rythmic backfire start-up (that's my term for it). It's all probably related. I just don't want to stop up my converters with this rich mixture.

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