StirCrazy
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Ok so the used camper I bought three years ago has and issue I havent been able to track down yet. so the toilet works perfect, tanks are good (I had to change the guts of the dump valve as it was weeping)
but I still have an issue
so when I am driving and pull over to use the washroom or when we get to the campground and I go to use the washroom right away it smells like a outhouse. this goes away and it is fine for as long as we are camping.
so it only happens when I am driving, the vents are closed when I am driving so its not getting sucked in the roof vents, the seal in the toilet holds water, and there is a little water in the bowl when I am driving.
any ideas where I should look next??
thanks
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enblethen
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Water sucked out of drain traps
No water in drain traps
Vent under washroom sink stuck open, if equipped. air admittance style vent
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opnspaces
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Yes probably an air admittance vent AKA cheater valve the is not longer a one-way valve. Available at Lowes or Home Depot for around $10
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enblethen wrote:Water sucked out of drain traps
No water in drain traps
Vent under washroom sink stuck open, if equipped. air admittance style vent
I agree, it doesn't sound like the black tank could be the issue.
Easy to fill drain traps, including sinks and shower, when stopped. Does smell go away?
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I just saw a post this week where someone solved his issue with black tank smells. He changed the floor seal and the toilet.!
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opnspaces
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Before your next trip pour a cup of pine sol down your kitchen sink drain. Then run the tap and wash the pine sol out of the trap and into the gray tank. When you get to your destination you'll know if the smell is coming from the black or gray tank. (credit to Doug Rainer on this idea)
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^Bingo. Or black vs gray smell is typically totally discernible to all but the most oblivious sewer dumper. Lol
Does it happen all the time or only if traveling with partially to very full black tank?
Only had 3 “RVs” now but all of them were the same, both older and fairly new units. If black tank was fairly full and we’d travel a distance, like any sustained highway driving, the black tank odor would come into the camper.
Not the P traps or gray.
And no other odor issues.
Seal around bottom of toilet like mentioned recently could be it.
My solution was to dump what I hoped I could have dumped 100miles sooner, lol.
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If the Air Admittance Vent doesn't fix your issue. There is another possible reason for the stink inside your RV. When going down the road, the inside of the RV goes into a negative pressure, caused by the large flat area in the rear. This allows the pressure differential to induce a stink in the RV. I replace the caps on the roof vents with sanitary Ts, to put the tanks into the same pressure as the inside of our MH. Or you can purchase the rotating roof vents. Rotating roof vents.
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StirCrazy
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enblethen wrote:Water sucked out of drain traps
No water in drain traps
Vent under washroom sink stuck open, if equipped. air admittance style vent
all p traps still have water, that was my first thought..
I'll have to go look again I have never seen an atmittance valve in this camper.
Steve
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StirCrazy
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opnspaces wrote:Yes probably an air admittance vent AKA cheater valve the is not longer a one-way valve. Available at Lowes or Home Depot for around $10
there all p traps. and why would that be on the black water system?
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