blyss_conquest Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 New member here. Hello! I've just bought myself a manual 2005 Toyota Corolla Conquest ZZE122R 5Y. Loving. It. However, after purchase I noticed that when reversing hard - up hill or on unsealed road... well, there's this horrible fart smell. Wondering what it could be? My google search turned up clutch or catalytic converter... I dunno what that means... Any ideas? Thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rian Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 (edited) LOL! Go to a different service station to fill up next time, then see if the smell goes away ;) Clutch will normally smell like something is burning if you give it a hard time. Edited June 1, 2013 by rian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Change fuel first for sure, but if that doesn't fix it then its catalytic converter time I expect. Its no longer breaking down the produsts of part-combustion and you are smelling suphur compounds. A gas analyser at a testing station will tell you how good it is. The clutch wouldn't slip and smell in reverse, and you would feel it not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corollaart Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Sorry try not use reverse or check boot for dead bodys. sorry sorry its a bit like saying magna on here sorry :laff: I no red thats one. rob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyss_conquest Posted June 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 I don't understand much of the last comment, was it supposed to make sense? Just to point out it's not a clutch burning smell but a fart smell. Smells more like fart to me (methane?) than sulphur, definitely not pleasant. I guess I'll get the car checked out. Just refueled and getting used to friction point so I'm not over-revving so much which will also help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 If in doubt, rev it out! Did you buy petrol with ethanol in it? Ethanol smells er.....interesting....when its burnt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boothi318 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 If in doubt, rev it out! Did you buy petrol with ethanol in it? Ethanol smells er.....interesting....when its burnt. Nice call Dave, especially the 85 blend, especially when I can smell it due to perished seals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek0086 Posted April 23, 2015 Report Share Posted April 23, 2015 Definitely catalytic converter. Mine does the same thing... it did it since new. Its normal. If you smell raw pump fuel... and then smell quality racing fuel... the pump fuel smells like shit... thats the sulphur. Can't do anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coln72 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 sounds like sulphur dioxide (????) or better known as rotten egg gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Breakfast burritos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coln72 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 or baked beans............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 The smell is normal. But why are you reversing hard up an unsealed road? If the cat con is not up to operating temp i.e. you are reversing up a driveway in the morning, then it won't yet be functioning properly, and could explain why you are getting the odour. Either that, or you had eggs for breakfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corollaart Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 2 year old post ,ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 2 year old post ,ha ha We're all here for the fart jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJM85 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 (edited) I had some punks throw a fart bomb under the rolla once when I parked opposite Beenleigh High School. I'd have been pissed but it smelled like something if have done back in the day... Damn sulfur. Edited April 24, 2015 by GJM85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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