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Old Dec 15, 2002
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Rubbing Alcohol?

My girlfriend is complaining that when the heater is running, there is a strong rubbing alcohol smell. Any advice or logical explanation? I'm pretty stumped.




edit: She drives a cavalier, i know thats half the problem.
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plastic bag caught underneath the car... just burning away, melting onto the downpipe.

well it's been 3 weeks for me, and it still smells a little... if I had a hoist I'd love to scrape it off...
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for sum reason my air freshner activates when my interior gets warm.....and no my air freshner is not on on the vent, it's actually attached onto my headliner...near the rearview mirror[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG] very far from vent
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could be her windshield wiper fluid,whenever i squirt it on my windshield, i smell it when the heat or air on. its smells exactly like rubbing alcohol
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[hr]Originally posted by: watewate
plastic bag caught underneath the car... just burning away, melting onto the downpipe.

well it's been 3 weeks for me, and it still smells a little... if I had a hoist I'd love to scrape it off...[hr]
I had that happen when I first got my car and I thought "I'll just let it burn off" and it took two months!!!
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Old Dec 16, 2002
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maybe there is a open bottle of rubbing alchohol in the car lol
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Maybe a drunk is under the hood.. [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG] trying to sleep[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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Old Dec 16, 2002
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LOL wow that really sucks right there, humm did you get tint done recently?

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Maybe u're gf is an alcoholic? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
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Nice responses.....haha......I'll see about the plastic bag....i hit one the other day when i was driving the car. I'll also check the bum possibility, we park in the ghetto when we see her sister. So it could happen[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/IMG]
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I'm thinking like the other person said, probably the windshield washer fluid someof them have the de-icing stuff that smell like alcohol.
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[hr]Originally posted by: Civic2k1racer
could be her windshield wiper fluid,whenever i squirt it on my windshield, i smell it when the heat or air on. its smells exactly like rubbing alcohol[hr]
That does not come as a surprise considering the intake vents for the ac/heating unit are located right underneath the windshield. I personally have never smelt anything of that sort but that would be my first assumption.
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