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4469 messages, Last post on Oct 27, 2006 at 8:04 PM
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I don't think premium is the answer. I suspect it's just money wasted. I had the sulfur smell the first couple of weeks [months] I had the car, and will still notice it on occasion. Most of the time I get rid of it with the right branad of regular gas--in my case, Sunoco. But even that doesn't do it 100% of the time. Every now and again, I'll catch a whiff at a stop light. It's not gone, but it's not full time, and it's not enough to annoy me more than once every couple of weeks, so I've decided I can live with it. If yours doesn't wear away within a couple of months--at least to the point where it's intermittent and minor-- take it in and stick the service rep's head into the engine compartment until he either passes out, throws up, or agrees that it exists and that something should be done about it. But give it a couple of months and a variety of brands first. It should get considerably better. At least mine did. Good luck RJ |
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I had a bad smell for first three tanks of gas and I don't have it anymore. It is gone. The gas I am buying is Chevron Premium, Texaco Premium, Amoco Premium. I don't agree that 87 octane gas is good for any engine of today's modern cars. It is cheaper and that is all. Today's engines almost all have compression ratio above 8 and I would never put regular gas in my car unless I leased it or did not intend to keep it for long. I also think that spending $100 a year more for gas by buying premium gas is pretty cheap insurance. |
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| It looks like you guys in US have really bad gas over there. I have never noticed any sulfur smell in almost two years. And I tried many gas brands available in Canada - Petro Canada, Canadian Tire, Esso, etc. None of them stank. | |
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Well, I think we can put this one to rest. I have verified that the square around the gear designation letter disappears and the OD OFF light starts blinking after some time of driving with the gear shifter somewhere between D and 3. It's somewhat disconcerting to me that it is even possible to shift this way and I will mention this during the next oil change but for now I can live with this. For the curious, to be sure that the shifter is in proper position, one has to (1) pull the shifter inward, (2) move the shifter to D and then (3) push the shifter outward. The step #3 is something I wouldn't normally do but it seems necessary with the shifter in MPV. I do have one remaining concern however. It has to do with the hesitation we have experienced when trying to accelerate from a dead stop. For now, my thinking is that it may have been caused by the confused module when the shifter was between D and 3. Time will tell... kcz |
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| Thanks for the chuckle! I'm still ROFLMAO! (Don't know if the pun was intended or not?) FWIW, my MPV's exhaust is no stinkier (sp?) than my Accord, both using the local cut-throat discount gas station. | |
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bad gas is really a problem here in the US...Most consumers dont realize that many sates wont allow just normal gas to be sold....last time I checked we sold over 60 different variations of gasoline in the US. Here in CT they require gas with some chemical called MTBE which was rammed down our throats in the name of cleaner air. The fact is this checmical is now leaking out of gas tanks and it will be the next big lawyer jackpot...also it wont allow a car to run at its peak performance. |
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You may want to take a look at this website for stories about the sulphur content of Canadian fuels... http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/cars/lowsulphurgas/index.html |
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| The 2001 Honda Accord Owners Manual asks owners to be careful while fueling up in Canada because of the presence of the MTBE additive (used to boost octane ratings). As per the manual, this can damage the emissions control system. However, I had no inkling that we have this problem in Connecticut too! | |
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American Honda's headquarters are in California which uses MTBE. There must be more to the story than that. |
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| Nice article, thanks. I wonder what are the figures for US gas. From the quoted article it appears that Petro-Canada produces not so good gas as far as sulfur content is concerned, but I used this brand quite a lot (a gas bar is just across the road from my home) and I never smelt rotten eggs in 2 years of ownership. I believe if there was any flaw in emission control system on MPV that caused this, I would have had it as well, because mine is a rather early production (built Nov 1999). So, I wonder why a lot of people complain about sulphur smell? If that's not fuel, then what? | |
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