ticking noise and rotten egg smell after putting petrol in.

2000 FORD FIESTA
40,000 MILES
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BOTCHIE79
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Hi, I've a really loud ticking noise especially when I accelerate and a very bad smell of eggs. It looks like it might be something to do with the exhaust as that looks really shaky, i'm a bit afraid to drive on it and double checked with the garage that they did not put diesel in instead of Petrol any ideas?
Jul 23, 2013 at 4:11 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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Smell is sulphur in the exhaust, the cat is not working and the noise may be a failed lash adjuster causing the engine to run on 3 cylinders this will dump fuel into the cat and this can cause the smell, start with the noise problem first.
Jul 23, 2013 at 5:46 PM
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