We put a fairly large container of dish soap in the sink before we headed down the road. Predictably, it leaked. The good news is that our Class A is now smells like freshly picked apples. The bad news is that it's because all of that dish soap is now in the gray water tank. Honestly, I don't know what to do. Is this an issue? Should I just run water through the tank tomorrow and hope it all works out? Any advice would be appreciated.

I've dumped tons of it and machine dish washing soa down there to clean the sensors. No issues.

You'll have a very clean grey tank after it fills up. No harm done, and it should all be cleaned out after a couple of dumps. No special action needed. Some folks even report good results in getting built up grease out of the grey tank by dumping a bottle of Dawn down the drain, adding a half a tank of water, and going for a ride before dumping.

We add a generous amount of dish soap to the black and grey tanks after every dump.

When we volunteer we may sit for 3--4 months I only close the gray tank the day before I dump the black so when we pull out I'll drop a half cup of Dawn down the kitchen and run the hot water till it runs cold. Hit the road. That night when we stop hook up the dumpline and let the crud flow. A couple hundred miles of sloshing realy breaks it up. We try to wipe all plates, bowls and pans before washing but you still wind up with some crud going down the drain.

Thanks so much for the quick replies, folks. Really appreciate it!

Spilled Lots of Dish Soap into Gray Water Tank - An Issue?

Community Alumni
Mar 23, 2017
I do that fairly often, 'refreshes' the tank.
Road_Dog
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
If you use dishwasher soap, you won't have any suds at all!
Stormy_Eyes
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
Be glad the leaky bottle was in your sink. If it had leaked in a cabinet, you'd be cleaning up a mess. Instead, it leaked down the drain, so detergent will help clean your grey tank. And evidently you like the smell, too. Happy accident.
Oasisbob
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
I hope your scent is from the sink trap and not a vent pipe leak. No worries. Very clean gray tank. Dump and rinse
ctilsie242
Explorer II
Mar 23, 2017
This is why I keep my dish detergent in a Ziploc bag, and either in the sink or in a plastic tub with a tight fitting lid. Should it leak while on the road, the destruction is contained.
SCVJeff
Explorer
Mar 23, 2017
The only thing that doesn't like soap is a Macerator, it's a big suds generator and could kill the rubber impeller. BTDT

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