| Pages:
1
2 |
bajalearner
Senior Nomad
Posts: 670
Registered: 8-24-2010
Location: Tijuana
Member Is Offline
Mood: in search of more
|
|
Pot odor in my car after changing fluids and hoses???
After changing fluids, timing belt, antifreeze and radiator hoses on my Toyota Sequoia, an odor started while driving that is similar to the odor of
pot. I used some synthetic AMs oil and some organic oil in various gearboxes. I don’t smoke and pot has not been in my car or smoked in my car,
ever.
Four weeks ago I went through SY sentry and the guard sniffed inside my car, asked if I smoke pot, asked a second guard to sniff inside too. I heard
the second guy say “oh hell yes”. I was sent to secondary where a guard asks if I smoke pot, searched the inside, under and in the hood area. I
guess a dog was not on duty. I answered some questions and was released.
Two days ago I thought the odor was gone but I drove south into MX at SY with a foam sheet in the car and the MX guard directed me to secondary. The
guard looked at the foam then started sniffing around. Several guards gathered and one spoke to me in English to ask if I smoke pot. I said no and
told him I think the odor is from either the new fluid or hoses. I told him about the northbound guards a few weeks previous. They put a dog in the
car, around the car. The dog was barking the whole time. I was thinking I had allot of splaining to do but they released me.
I only drive the car once or twice a month. Anyone else???
|
|
|
micah202
Super Nomad
Posts: 1615
Registered: 1-19-2011
Location: vancouver,BC
Member Is Offline
|
|
.
...my impression is the dogs can seem fairly undisciplined... ie barking,,,until they come to the situation they're trained for....I watched an
airport dog once seem rather playful as it was led around luggage,,,then get rather quiet as it sat down beside on particular piece.
...did you have mechanics do your oilchange?
...did you leave the car with them a while?
.....was there a registration in the car with your US address??  
|
|
|
captkw
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3850
Registered: 10-19-2010
Location: el charro b.c.s.
Member Is Offline
Mood: new dog/missing the old 1
|
|
pot smell
Hola...As a Master mechanic and Electrician.. have never come across that issue before and have never heard off that before !! That said... its not
impossible, but I would look into what the post above shared as the car/truck was out of your control for a short time...NO ?...........K&T
|
|
|
willardguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6451
Registered: 9-19-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
run over a dead skunk?
|
|
|
55steve
Senior Nomad
Posts: 857
Registered: 4-24-2006
Location: Warner Springs, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
In an effort to be green Toyota used an organic coating for all vehicle wiring that rodents found very appetizing - an acquaintance bought a brand new
Tundra and within 2 weeks it wouldn't start - had it towed to the dealer and rats had chewed significant under-hood wiring. Perhaps you have a wire
that is getting hot and giving off an odor? Maybe in the work you had done, a wire is touching something hot?
|
|
|
bledito
Nomad
Posts: 420
Registered: 7-6-2013
Member Is Offline
|
|
or the guy changing the fluids and hoses dropped a joint down in the engine compartment from his shirt pocket.
|
|
|
bajaguy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9247
Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
Member Is Offline
Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
|
|
"Most" narcotics detection canines are trained to an active alert....barking, pawing, digging.
"Most" explosive detection canines are trained to a passive alert such as sitting next to the source as you describe. I have also seen canines
assigned to the US FDA/Agriculture working airports and trained to a passive alert.
very interesting to watch a trained detection canine work.
| Quote: | Originally posted by micah202
.
...my impression is the dogs can seem fairly undisciplined... ie barking,,,until they come to the situation they're trained for....I watched an
airport dog once seem rather playful as it was led around luggage,,,then get rather quiet as it sat down beside on particular piece.
...did you have mechanics do your oilchange?
...did you leave the car with them a while?
.....was there a registration in the car with your US address??
|
|
|
|
micah202
Super Nomad
Posts: 1615
Registered: 1-19-2011
Location: vancouver,BC
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by bledito
or the guy changing the fluids and hoses dropped a joint down in the engine compartment from his shirt pocket. |
....ahh,,maybe check the air intake for ventilation?
|
|
|
KaceyJ
Nomad
Posts: 391
Registered: 10-7-2011
Location: there
Member Is Offline
|
|
willard guy probably is getting close as some sulfur compounds that smell skunky are used as high pressure lubrication additives ie gear oils
|
|
|
acadist
Super Nomad
Posts: 1125
Registered: 3-31-2007
Location: Spanaway,WA
Member Is Offline
Mood: Waiting for the Sun
|
|
Colorado or Washington plates?
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
|
|
|
micah202
Super Nomad
Posts: 1615
Registered: 1-19-2011
Location: vancouver,BC
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by acadist
Colorado or Washington plates? |
...mechanics named Cheech and Chong??
|
|
|
bledito
Nomad
Posts: 420
Registered: 7-6-2013
Member Is Offline
|
|
just anouther mule transporting drugs without realizing it. I'd be very concerned if my car smelled of pot travelling across the border. besides the
hassle everytime they want to search i'm sure they keep records of suspect people with pot smelling cars.
|
|
|
bajacalifornian
Super Nomad
Posts: 1117
Registered: 9-4-2010
Location: Loreto/Lopez Mateos/Rosarito
Member Is Offline
|
|
Catchy, delicate, difficult, dodgy, hairy, knotty, nasty, prickly, problematic,
sensitive, spiny, ticky,thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough & tricksy to say the least.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
Jeff Petersen
|
|
|
bajabuddha
Banned
Posts: 4024
Registered: 4-12-2013
Location: Baja New Mexico
Member Is Offline
Mood: Always cranky unless medicated
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajacalifornian
Catchy, delicate, difficult, dodgy, hairy, knotty, nasty, prickly, problematic,
sensitive, spiny, ticky,thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough & tricksy to say the least. |
How many blunts did it take to come up with all that??? 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
|
|
|
bajacalifornian
Super Nomad
Posts: 1117
Registered: 9-4-2010
Location: Loreto/Lopez Mateos/Rosarito
Member Is Offline
|
|
Couple cigarillos, a, some Coronas 'n a coupleclicks.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
Jeff Petersen
|
|
|
SFandH
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7084
Registered: 8-5-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
an odor started while driving that is similar to the odor of pot. |
sativa or indica?
|
|
|
bajalearner
Senior Nomad
Posts: 670
Registered: 8-24-2010
Location: Tijuana
Member Is Offline
Mood: in search of more
|
|
I did all the work myself. In my secured patio area in Tij. The car has not been out of sight and I have good security around my car.
One other thing that I don't think is the cause but of interest; I had a almost used up Renuzit air freshener in the car. The brand that is sold in
stores for use in the house. It was in the back of the car until after the first search and I removed it. During the MX dog search, I think the dog
smelled the area for about 5 seconds where the Renuzit had been. No, the Renuzit wasn't named Colorado high.
I don't think the odor is from the Renuzit but it's possible.
|
|
|
micah202
Super Nomad
Posts: 1615
Registered: 1-19-2011
Location: vancouver,BC
Member Is Offline
|
|
.
...quite the mystery,,,and quite a concern for crossing the border
...maybe put a professional car cleaner to the test?...some certainly claim to be able to rid -any- smell....find one that -guarantees- their work
..or try some 'NilOdor'
[Edited on 8-13-2014 by micah202]
|
|
|
SFandH
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7084
Registered: 8-5-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
Can you smell it when the engine is not running and cold?
|
|
|
bajalearner
Senior Nomad
Posts: 670
Registered: 8-24-2010
Location: Tijuana
Member Is Offline
Mood: in search of more
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
Can you smell it when the engine is not running and cold? |
No. Although now it's much less odor than weeks ago, I only smell it after the car is warmed up. I thought it was coming from the hood area but the
guards were sniffing from the left rear wheel area on a few days ago.
I thought it might have been the new radiator hoses. Gates brand.
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
