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jjson775
Explorer
Feb 15, 2015

Annoying smell

We have a 2014 Pleasure Way Pursuit that is generally very well built and handles well. However, we have noticed an odor near the entry door on the passenger side of the RV, near the kitchen sink. We only smell it when the Fantastic Fan is running. Of course, at least one window would be open in this case. We can't smell it with the AC running or with the windows open and the vent fan turned off. All the black water system is on the driver side and we don't smell it in the bathroom. I have crawled under the RV and don't smell anything. The fan seems to be pulling in contaminated air from somewhere. Any ideas? I will appreciate any feedback.
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    jjson775
    Explorer
    Feb 15, 2015
    IAMICHABOD's suggestion is excellent, I never knew about this thing. I'll bet this valve under the kitchen sink has a tiny leak that the fan pulls in when it is running. I had the dealer fix it under warranty last year but haven't tried it yet. We will know next week when we take our first trip this year up to the hill county for a few days to make sure everything works OK before heading to Florida in March to Astros spring training. Thanks IAMICHABOD!
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    IAMICHABOD
    Explorer II
    Feb 15, 2015
    I would check and replace the air admittance valves
    located near your sinks,they are cheap and can be found at most big box stores like Home Depot and Lowes as well as smaller hardware stores.

    If they fail they will let the smell from the grey tanks in and believe me they can smell just as bad as the black tank if not worse.


    Changed mine out and the smell was gone!

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