Why does my 1996 Toyota RAV4's tailpipe smell sulphuric after climbing a steep hill with just one passenger?

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After a hard pull you especially smell that " rotten egg " odor. The catalytic converter in the exhaust system converts part of the exhaust coming out of the engine to Sulfuric acid. The EPA does not consider Sulfuric Acid a pollutant....yet.

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STOP
SMELLING
THE TAILPIPE
Just use a higher gas at the pump not 87 use the 91 or higher.
AND STOP

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engine squeal and sucking noise?

I don't think the number of passengers make any difference unless they fart alot.

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Your catalytic converter causes that odor and it is normal. The greater the engine output, (like climbing a hill, or hard acceloration) the more exhaust the is processed, which increases the odor.

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