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lizbroughton
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Aug 24, 2013

Sewer odor inside of rig

We had a new toilet installed now we have such an odor when flusing it isn't funny. It fills the whole motorhome with the smell. It smells more like sulphur then anything else. Please help. Thank You.
  • If you have a washer/dryer hook ups, the vent cap in the closet can be bad causing the smell to come in the rv. This happened in our fiver a few years ago. Could not figure out where the smell was coming from.
  • lizbroughton wrote:
    We had a new toilet installed now we have such an odor when flusing it isn't funny. It fills the whole motorhome with the smell. It smells more like sulphur then anything else. Please help. Thank You.


    Check your batteries......sulfur smell can be batteries boiling from overcharging
  • lizbroughton wrote:
    We had a new toilet installed now we have such an odor when flusing it isn't funny. It fills the whole motorhome with the smell. It smells more like sulphur then anything else. Please help. Thank You.


    If you had in installed by a repair man my first call would be immediately back to him and get his butt back out to fix it!!

    Almost sounds like he did not tighten the screws correctly or install the seal properly or at all.
  • Have smelled some awful stink in RV's that was from the sinks and showers. The P trap dries out and lets woof come through. Run some water into every drain and see what happens.
  • lizbroughton wrote:
    We had a new toilet installed now we have such an odor when flusing it isn't funny. It fills the whole motorhome with the smell. It smells more like sulphur then anything else. Please help. Thank You.


    I would be having a serious conversation with whoever installed it. There should not be odors except a small amount possibly when flushing if everything is operating properly.
  • Are you in a campsite with sewer hook-up?

    Is the black tank gate valve open?

    If you answered "Yes" to both questions, close the gate valve until the tank is almost full, then open the valve for a few minutes to empty the tank, then close the valve.
  • Very possibly the vent pipe came loose and the smell is not ging up the pipe. Check th deal at the base of the toilet.

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