Wierd smell !
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From: George West, Texas....
Wierd smell !
Has any one ever smelled what I would describe as
dry cleaning" fluid smell ??
I was driving down the fence line and it smelled like someone was using dry cleaner fluid ....
What could it be ?? There's nothing around me to be causing it..
dry cleaning" fluid smell ??
I was driving down the fence line and it smelled like someone was using dry cleaner fluid ....
What could it be ?? There's nothing around me to be causing it..
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From: Rio Rico, AZ.
When you say "fence line" I am assuming you are the only vehicle around.
Perhaps the wind was picking up some of that new-fangled ULSD exhaust and blowing it forward?
That's mostly a joke, not even Biodiesel smells like that.
Got a leaky can of brake cleaner spray behind the seat?
Perhaps the wind was picking up some of that new-fangled ULSD exhaust and blowing it forward?
That's mostly a joke, not even Biodiesel smells like that.
Got a leaky can of brake cleaner spray behind the seat?
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From: George West, Texas....
I wish I knew what it was....
Nope Rotella dino....
Yep, I was the only veh. around and I even checked my tool box to see if something in there had turned over, nuttin..
Just kinda strange, I was hoping it was something serious...
And, no I hadn't farted and I was alone.....Maybe alien exhast or something..
Nope Rotella dino....
Yep, I was the only veh. around and I even checked my tool box to see if something in there had turned over, nuttin..
Just kinda strange, I was hoping it was something serious...
And, no I hadn't farted and I was alone.....Maybe alien exhast or something..
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There was a post several months ago where they were leaking synth Rotella and it was dripping on the manifold, made the whole family sick.
I just noticed your ELC, check water pump weep hole. I know Red has an undescribable smell when it gets on hot parts.
I just noticed your ELC, check water pump weep hole. I know Red has an undescribable smell when it gets on hot parts.
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That was my family. Def. crawl under the truck and look at your up-pipes/manifold for wet spots of oil. I dont know what dry cleaning fluid smells like so i cant help you there. I experienced like a cucumber/burnt electrical smell from the synthetic dripping onto my hot manifold. I had never smelled synthetic oil smoke/ burn before i encountered my leak. I was looking in all the wrong places for three weeks. Wouldnt let the family back in "old black" till i fixed it. My main question for you is: Does it come out of nowhere and make you drowsy when it hits you? If so look for wet spots on the manifolds, up-pipes.
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From: George West, Texas....
Nope, I don't get drowsy..
It just smells like dry cleaning fluid or like that stuff they use to use way back when to make copies.. If your as old as I am u'll
remember the blue dye. roller drum, etc...
It just smells like dry cleaning fluid or like that stuff they use to use way back when to make copies.. If your as old as I am u'll
remember the blue dye. roller drum, etc...
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From: Rio Rico, AZ.
Ditto machines. They could crank out copies of whatever 4x as fast as the fastest laser printer today.
I still remember the smell too.
Are you near a factory that might have spilled something and you just happened to be downwind?
I still remember the smell too.
Are you near a factory that might have spilled something and you just happened to be downwind?
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From: George West, Texas....
LMAO....@ lancer's "stacked".....
I live in the middle of no where and nothing excepts south texas
brush and deer...
I just cleaned my blower about a month ago....
Could have been a deer fart..I have not idea..
Thanks
I live in the middle of no where and nothing excepts south texas
brush and deer...
I just cleaned my blower about a month ago....
Could have been a deer fart..I have not idea..
Thanks