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Feb 11, 2015

What's that smell?!

So within the last hour and a half or so my trailer smells like eggs and farts. Sorry I don't know how else to explain the smell. At first I thought it was my dog but further investigation shows its coming from under the cabinets. Not the sink cabinet either the one by the door under the stove. Their is a black pipe there that goes from the sink then splits up the wall and underneath the trailer. It even smells in the bread box cabinet. And when you bend down by the door right above the floor its horrible. I've smelled the underbelly and its not there. Not around my fridge or bedroom/bathroom. I've aired it out and it goes away but as soon as I close the door again its back. The only thing I've done today that I don't do everyday is drain the black tank. But it never smells like this when I empty it. I always close my Grey tanks when I empty it also. I think that black pipe is the culprit but I don't know what it is exactly.

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  • its the air admittance valve under the sink on top the waste line vent- the rubber flab goes bad in them, go to Lowes or Home Depot to get a new one. about 5-6.00
    http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=24372-143-85539K&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=1069119&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1
  • I just filled the black with water and dish soap hoping that it might clean some nasty stuff out. Over the summer I kept the black tank clean every time I dumped I rinsed it out with the hose adapter. But haven't done it at all this winter.
  • I turned my hot water on and smelled it but their isn't an odor and it tastes normal. Unless its the actual hot water heater? I went underneath to where its at and there's was no smell there either.
  • Or the black tank or lp. turn off the lp bottles to be safe and check the toilet valve(s).