Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:32:45 +0100 From: "MH" <nomailnopsamere.no> Subject: Re: Exhaust smell
> > My wife bought a 93 new back in march of 2003 So it is a 9-3, not a 93 > www.thesaabsite.com has a FAQ page and one of the questions refers to > "a rotten egg smell from the exhaust". It attributes this to the use > of fuel that contains methanol which causes a sulphur smell from the > exhaust. Methanol does NOT contain sulphur, poor quality gasolene does. The sulphur in the fuel burns to H2S (hydrogen sulphide) and CS2 (carbon sulphide), both smell bad. -------- MH