I have been having some starting issues with my car of late. It will start, but it takes quite a while. Once starts up there is a nasty egg aroma. I searched, but all the posts related to a bad cat. I'm thinking one of three causes, bad battery, bad starter, or possibly a timing belt issue(tensioner maybe). Have any of you had this problem, and if so, what was it?

 

Could be cheap gas

 

Bad Cat for sure. I had friends that had this problem when they had that funky egg smell,

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if it lags to start it is the battery for sher

 

bad cat

 

Any cels ? Are u getting power to all your electronic devices ?

 

100% cat

 

Once the car is running there seems to be no problem. The idle tends to be a little rough at times, but it doesn't seem to be a serious issue. I'm leaning towards the battery being the issue, and I will have that checked out tomarrow. In regards to the cat, I have 76,000 miles on my prelude, could it be time for a new cat? I figured if it wasn't rattling it was ok. The smell is only evident at start up. I appreciate the advice.

 

Regardless of standard warranty, emissions warranties are diff (longer) due to fed regulations. Check what it is.

 

Sounds like clogged cat.

 

Bad eggs = bad cat. on ANY car.

 

It was the battery. I guess that I could still have a bad cat, but since the battery replacement no egg smell. Thank you for all the advice.