Ikk smell after traveling

seriously, the dead mouse comment is valid!

TucsonJim wrote:
"Damn near killed both me and the dogs while I sat there waiting for repair. Thank god I opened all the windows and didn't light up a cigarette."

Same thing happens to me on "chili night".

:B

If you suspect its the holding tank vent cap (plugged vent or reverse air flow when ROAD traveling) is the root cause, seriously consider the 360 Siphon product.

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Pushing or sucking bad smells out its roof vent works great. Wish it was minimum build on all RV trailers.

Hope this helps.

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"Damn near killed both me and the dogs while I sat there waiting for repair. Thank god I opened all the windows and didn't light up a cigarette."

Same thing happens to me on "chili night".

GrandpaKip wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
Check the knobs on your stove and make sure they are all tightly in the off position.

Thanks, but it definitely isn't propane.

I'll just add my obligatory story.
I thought a smell in my RV was the gray tank, CG manager came out and confirmed it, RV Mobile Repair was called out to change the air valve.

I have never traveled out of Wisconsin and a few of the great lakes states. I "know" what propane smells like also. It did not smell like propane.

I was traveling south for the first time and filled up with propane in Kentucky and then on to another CG.

Real long story short it WAS propane and from a bumped stove knob.

If you read the gov regs for propane it states they must add a smell but it is up to each state what smell they add.

The Kentucky propane did NOT smell ANYTHING like what I had been accustom to up North. Smelled like a stinky holding tank.

Damn near killed both me and the dogs while I sat there waiting for repair. Thank god I opened all the windows and didn't light up a cigarette.:(

I'm with TusconJim on this. I've seen many posts on here about the funny smell caused by faulty Air Admittance Valve (AAV) or cheater vents.
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Look under each sink for a vertical stub sticking up near the P trap. The AAV just unscrews from the top of the stub.

Check too, the P trap to the washer/dryer if you have one...often, that's the culprit....Dennis

Dump 3lbs of baking soda into the grey tank thru the kitchen sink,wait a day.Drain and flush.Flush out the water tank to be safe.

What road speed did you achieve? I had a similar occurrence when I towed once and neglected to close the rearmost roof vent.