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Escort is having trouble starting and letting off a smell.
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gnorman1984
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Feb 20, 2011, 8:15 AM
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Escort is having trouble starting and letting off a smell.
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1998(R reg) Ford escort
1.6 16v finesse
I'm having a problem,when i start my car up first thing on a morning it is not starting up first time and it lets off a egg smell. I have drove the car throughout the day and it has started first time and no smell,it only seems to happen when the car has been left for a while.
I have been told by friends that it sounds like the Catalytic converter but surely that would effect it all the time and more so when the car is driving, this problem only happens when the car been left a while and the smell only appears when the car won't start properly.
I have had the bonnet up and i can't smell any rotten egg smell now and the car is driving as normal also there is no rattling and it's not losing power.
Can anybody please help.
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Hammer Time
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Feb 20, 2011, 9:39 AM
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Re: Escort is having trouble starting and letting off a smell.
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That would be because of something that is being done to the Catalytic converter, not the fault of the converter itself. There is likely a fuel mixture problem when cold for some reason and you would have to get to the bottom of that.
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