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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 05:19 PM
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Smells like propane

I have a 2003 ford 150 it has 147000. kms on it just latley is started smelling like propane and I had the cats cheaked they are fine and it is not a propane model. We don't know why it smells like Propane, any answers?
 
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 05:20 PM
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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It might be running rich. Is the CEL on? Any OBD2 codes?
 
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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usually when you get propane smell or rotten egg/sulfur smell its due to the cats..how did they check them
 
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Cats generally only smell when it's running rich.
 
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