Trouble starting barely running very rough.

Tiny
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  • 2001 DODGE VAN
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Trouble starting barely running very rough backfiring and smells like sulfer. Whats up?

Thursday, October 25th, 2012 AT 8:04 PM

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Tiny
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That's what mechanics are for. They get to look, hear, feel, poke, and diagnose the cause. Start by having the diagnostic fault codes read. The sulfur smell is caused by a problem with the catalytic converter, and that suggests a fuel-related problem.

A defective map sensor can result in too much fuel going into the engine, but they don't fail nearly as often as they did in the late '80s and early '90s.
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012 AT 8:30 PM

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