# Sulfur type odor - E85 **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 28, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sulfur-type-odor-e85/3820 "2007-08-28T19:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![howsdebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@howsdebs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/howsdebs)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sulfur-type-odor-e85/3820/1 "2007-08-28T19:53:10Z")
About a month ago while traveling through Nebraska I filled up with E85 fuel and since that day and numerous refills of gas without using E85 I have an overpowering odor similar to the smell of a natural gas leek or Sulfur in and outside of my truck. I am wondering if this is typical of E85 fuel and how to get rid of it? Thanks, Barry ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sulfur-type-odor-e85/3820/2 "2007-08-28T23:30:16Z")
Sulfer smell usually means a bad catalytic converter. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sulfur-type-odor-e85/3820/3 "2007-08-29T12:34:15Z")
[b]If we knew the kind of vehicle you were talking about, and if it’s a Flex-Fuel vehicle, someone might be able to provide an answer. Tester[/b] ---
**Author:** ![howsdebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@howsdebs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/howsdebs)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sulfur-type-odor-e85/3820/4 "2007-09-05T21:55:24Z")
It is a 1999 Chevy Silverado and I apologize as it wasn’t E-85 it was E-10. The truck hasn’t been converted to accept E-85.