There is this smell...

[Kneale Brownson]

Hot Pento$in $mell?


At 03:46 PM 02/15/2001 -0500, Peter Berrevoets wrote:

>Today I started noticing this hot plastic type smell in the car.
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>After 10 minutes of "I know that smell", it came to me that it smells
>exactly like clear plastic Bic pen left on hot surface. (Don't ask)
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>There are no clear plastic Bic pens in the car that are unaccounted for.
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>I don't know if there is anything of similar plastic that I can see either
>burning or emitting smoke. It comes and goes and I get the impression from
>turning on and off various components that it might be heater related.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Peter Berrevoets
>1990 200TQ
>Toronto, Canada
>http://frontpage.home.net/pjberr/
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