pbitschura
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Our new to us trailer on it's first voyage has a strong urine smell beginning in the bathroom and after pumping permeates the whole trailer. It's a dometic toilet. It appears to be tight and no seal leaks, I could find. I suspect it's a venting issue. Granted, it was 90 and we stayed hydrated so there is that. But black tank level was 1/3 full. We have not used any tank chemicals other than Galgon to this point.
help please.
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nickthehunter
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90 degrees out sounds like the ideal time to use the black tank treatments to try to neutralize the smells before they occur. At this point it’s probably to late to do anything effective. The likelihood of your vent being clogged is about nil.
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pbitschura
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nickthehunter wrote:90 degrees out sounds like the ideal time to use the black tank treatments to try to neutralize the smells before they occur. At this point it’s probably to late to do anything effective. The likelihood of your vent being clogged is about nil. DW is reviewing treatment products. Any suggestions?
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StirCrazy
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pbitschura wrote:Our new to us trailer on it's first voyage has a strong urine smell beginning in the bathroom and after pumping permeates the whole trailer
treat your gray water tank as well. a lot of the time that actually coming from the gray tank as it gets a lot of food scraps and soaps and such that rot because it is never thought of for tank treatment.
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StirCrazy wrote:pbitschura wrote:Our new to us trailer on it's first voyage has a strong urine smell beginning in the bathroom and after pumping permeates the whole trailer
treat your gray water tank as well. a lot of the time that actually coming from the gray tank as it gets a lot of food scraps and soaps and such that rot because it is never thought of for tank treatment.
Steve Will do but urine smell is unmistakable.
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I'm surprised that you're only getting a urine smell, there are far worse smelling things going into the black tank.
Have you looked for mouse evidence, mouse urine can smell as bad as human after they've been there for awhile.
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You said this is a used unit. You don't know how clean the previous owner kept the bathroom.
Drain the tank add some bleach and a lot of water. 3/4 a tank at least, drain and repeat. Same with the gray tank.
Clean the bathroom really well, outside of toilet, walls, floor, inside of cabinets. If you still have the odor, clean again.
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What toilet do you have? This is a common complaint with the 300 toilets. Replace with the 310 is easiest solution.
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I have used several different RV toilet/tank cleaning solutions and smell killers that all worked well. Bought them at Camping World and other dealers. Also leave the overhead vent open all the time if weather permitting. Rolling rolling rolling.
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