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214skier
Explorer
May 27, 2015

Sani Flush

HI all, I have a 2014 OutdoorsRV and my “sani flush” seems to be clogged. When I hook up the hose, turn on water and open the dump valve, nothing comes out. Clearly the hose has tremendous pressure. Clearly the obvious has happened--something has welded itself to the internal spray port.

Any thoughts and/or tips for getting this “un-clogged?”

Thanks in advance.

10 Replies

  • Mine hose was also kinked near the sprayer. once the kink was fixed (by me) leaks solved.
  • I had that same problem. The dealer replaced the check valve and said they tested it. Well on the trip out it didn't work. Did some checking removed the underneath cover and saw the hose to the tank was kinked. I added a pex elbow support no problems since.

    Though it did make me curious about the dealer's service tech.
  • Old Duck wrote:
    I had the problem once and the issue was a bad check value. Has worked well since it was replaced.


    Pardon my ignorance--is the check valve to prevent “back flow.” Is it close to the connection with the hose?
  • I had the problem once and the issue was a bad check value. Has worked well since it was replaced.
  • Oasisbob wrote:
    This only happened to me once and I found a kink in the hose feeding the sprinkleer. My sprinkler is mounted to the side of the tank with screws easily removed. Yours may be the same. Worth a look


    Good idea. I will see if i can remove the email connection from the trailer and look inside; our underside is sealed in this unit, so I can’t get easy access to this area.
  • samhain7 wrote:
    Can you hear it spraying?
    When I last did mine. The water stopped coming out, then I heard a rush of water. It did it a couple more times....
    Obviously, I had a "solid" damn somewhere that when the tank got some water in it, the weight of the water cleared it.

    I use the geo method to keep my black tank clean, so I suspect I have not been putting enough water in the black tank when using it...


    I don’t hear it spraying... and the pressure backing into the hose gives me a pretty good indication there is blockage somewhere along the line.

    I thought about putting some detergent in the tank and then filling with a garden hose, hoping the clean (ish) water + detergent would break through anything compromising the nozzle.
  • samhain7 wrote:
    Can you hear it spraying?


    that is the key factor. is the hose kinked, nozzle plugged, etc?
    crawl under and undo hose from nozzle base and see if water comes out hose. if so, nozzle is plugged.
    bumpy
  • This only happened to me once and I found a kink in the hose feeding the sprinkleer. My sprinkler is mounted to the side of the tank with screws easily removed. Yours may be the same. Worth a look
  • Can you hear it spraying?
    When I last did mine. The water stopped coming out, then I heard a rush of water. It did it a couple more times....
    Obviously, I had a "solid" damn somewhere that when the tank got some water in it, the weight of the water cleared it.

    I use the geo method to keep my black tank clean, so I suspect I have not been putting enough water in the black tank when using it...