Slothman 2189756 ---
Sorry this had to happen to you..
I have seen this before, when they put one of those "bomb" things in a really nice BMW M5, because it was a Smoker Car... Only way to "cover" up the Nicotine smell... The owner had the same reaction - made him dizzy, sick, etc., to even drive it.. He let it sit for a year, and it still had that awful cover up smell..
No vehicle should ever have an extra strong smell like that...
All the vehicles I have ever Detailed (hundreds) come out smelling "Clean" inside, and it does not go away after a few days, like those cheap perfume things do... It is Clean...No dirt, etc., anywhere inside..
I could not find any one "location" of the smell, just like you, so I could eliminate the source..
So, I carefully, went over Every Square Inch of the entire Interior with great cleaners that I used with my Steamer and Extractor.. It took a lot of hours as you can imagine..
What I found in the Interior - especially on all the inside of all the glass, the entire Dashboard, was a sticky layer of Nicotine, all over... Everything... A lot more Nicotine on the Driver Side Glass and the Rear Side of the Glass, so I guess this person smoked and drove with the window open, but the smoke still made it to the back glass and a lot was stuck on that side too...
If you decide to keep this car, I cannot think of another way to get rid of the masking smell that is covering the Nicotine smell...
It is on Everything... Yes, they cleaned it, before the bombed it, but they did not clean it enough to remove the Nicotine which is the smell they had to cover, to sell the car..
Hopefully it is not some other bad smell like a skunk went off in there or something...
If you decide to go to this level of cleaning, I would not try to do it with some stuff and a rag, etc., you need great cleaners and steam, and a big Extractor, to help you loosen all that stuff off, in my experiences...
And a LOT of hours, and a respirator so you don`t have to inhale that smell..
Or, I would consider seriously calling those people and tell them the awful cover up smell is damaging your health...No one should have to put up with that.
Good luck with this !
Dan F
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