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Old Mar 31, 2024 | 11:35 AM
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Carb Cleaner Smell

A friend of mine picked up a truck that has the old carburator cleaner smell in the cab.
I told him I would ask on here to see if anyone was familiar with this smell and how to rid it.
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Old Mar 31, 2024 | 11:39 AM
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I found a rotten bell pepper up under the passenger seat of a car once. It had rolled out of a bag and out of sight.

Might be a loose rusty leaking can?

 
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Old Mar 31, 2024 | 01:54 PM
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Hey Tbear,
Funny, but nothin in there but the old carb cleaner smell...
 
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Might be a sensitive nose and some material off gassing? My wife smells stuff I never notice? We both smelled that rotted pepper though.

We sold a product at Advance Auto, was "Ozeum", it killed the effects of that pepper, and I have used it other wise too.
 
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Any old cans under the seat, any thing weird under or behind the seat? Make sure it is NOT a carb/exhaust leak and getting in the cab. Does the truck have a/c by chance? In the mean time take some charcoal brickets (none Match light ones, that smell like lighter fluid) and put 4 or 5 in a plastic bowl and stick it behind the seat or on the floor board. They will suck up the smell. Also put a box of backing soda in it.

 
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You could rent or borrow a Ozone generator. I once had a car that mice got in. I was horrible. Pulled interior and still bad. Ozone generator took all odor out. Body shop had one.
 
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