Acetone smell? Bike just had first service

[Ms_G]

Hey

Just had my Honda rebel cmx500 back from its first service - I know there is an oil change for this but I can now smell acetone quite strongly? I’d this from the new oil? Hoping it will fade as it’s giving me a headache

[SometimesSansEngine]

How long has it ran for? Can you see any drips of oil on the exhaust? (Just had a look online and it looks like you've got a fair shout of avoiding the exhaust unlike on my wife's old Honda, but you never know!)

[Ms_G]

Ah so oil being heated/burned on exhaust is likely to produce this smell? I’ll call the dealership that did the service and double check with them too thought I’d check the hive mind here first

[Guest]

I don't think you'd get an acetone smell though. I've used acetone quite a lot in the past to clean things up before gluing and oil doesn't remind me of it. No idea what it might be though, unless the garage used something similar to clean something up.

[Tiggie]

could be a polish/cleaner they have wiped on the exhaust. I used to love the smell of WD40 when the pipes started heating up See if it goes away after a couple of days or so

[SometimesSansEngine]

could be a polish/cleaner they have wiped on the exhaust. I used to love the smell of WD40 when the pipes started heating up See if it goes away after a couple of days or so

 

...and if you start hallucinating and see elephants driving cars and stuff, pull over and have a break.

[Ms_G]

lol no hallucinations of yet

seems to have dissipated now though, thankfully