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paint thinner/black market smell
i'm right now working on a lexus LS400 in the garage, its been sitting in there for a week (waiting for stupid brake pad sensor) and today the whole garage smells of a paint thinner type smell. i checked all the cans and nothing is punctured.
apparently when my parents parked the impreza the same smell came. anyone have a clue?
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
is this really SVX related??? I think there's a proper spot for this.
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
its a technical Q&A and it has suby relations to it considering it happened with the impreza but never did find the source. i'm just wondering what on a car could cause it.
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
What on a car could cause a paint thinner smell? Never encountered that before, but the only thing I can imagine is fuel leaking on something that is reacting to it and giving off the smell.
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
Brake fluid?
Gene
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
Have you showered lately?
Did you use lots of brake parts cleaner? Although it dries quick it isn't exactly a fan of some older rubber parts.
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that would explain the lexus but i dont know why the impreza did it. (no brakecleaner there) weird
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
where is the can where is the brush rags? i has a spray can start spray its guts out all by itself
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
it is in the garage, really? it went off by itself?
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Re: paint thinner/black market smell
i had the same lexus in my garage at home once for a smell that came out of the ac vents. turned out one of the fuel lines was leaking around a hose clamp. the fuel line was back against the firewall and partially under the intake manifold so it was hard to find. it didn't really smell like straight gas because it was washing all the other stuff off the engine and them evaporating. something worth checking.
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