Sulfer Smell 05 corolla

[hondaboi82]

Has anybody else experience an sulfer smell while idling. I usually have my windows up so I have only noticed it a few times. i just hit my 5000 mile mark and once they did the 5000 serivce check i haven't noticed the smell. It only seems to happen at idle time (At a red light)
any suggestions?

[Raddman]

Originally Posted by hondaboi82

Has anybody else experience an sulfer smell while idling. I usually have my windows up so I have only noticed it a few times. i just hit my 5000 mile mark and once they did the 5000 serivce check i haven't noticed the smell. It only seems to happen at idle time (At a red light)
any suggestions?

There are a couple of past threads here that have lots of theories/thoughts as to what causes that smell Check them out...I have a 03 and it had that smell off and on for the first couple K's then it just disappeared...Hope yours does too ...good luck...Radd Guy...


"Keep knockin on the Devils door and one of these days someones gonna answer you"

[JP2004]

I have an 04 Corolla. I used to smell that smell on occasion when it was cold outside. I am up to 46K and I haven't smelled it in a while. It could be just something to do with the break in process of the engine over time and what ever was causing it burned off. One thing I do still smell is engine coolant in the winter time when I put the defroster on. It is faint but I can smell it. My coolant level remains steady so I do not think that I have a leak. I am not sure if any one else has this problem.

[deekay140]

there is a tsb to replace cat and recalibrate cpu on the 03-04 corolla, but nothing on the 05 yet. its usually gas quality.

[01loadedLE]

right deek. just change gas brands, thats what helped me. exxon is the worst for my car.

[Flashmn]

Normal for a cat converter to stink some, especially when its cold.

[b smith1001]

I had been smelling a slight oder coming from around the rear tires . on 9 26 05 the ashville service center told me there is no abnormal problem with my
rear tire wearing soner then the front tires. They said my car has a stronger then
normal smell of sulfur and this is caused from using low octane gas.