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31cc
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Jul 29, 2013

smell in camper

I have always noticed a smell in our camper after traveling or when parked in driveway with the slides in. Today after setting up ladder to check roof I think I figured it out, it is the roof of the slide out. Put my nose right to it and same smell as in camper, main roof has no smell. I tried roof cleaner in small corner of it and did not help. Anyone else have similar problem?
  • No awning over slide and yes the smell gets inside camper when slides are in whether traveling or parked at home. I am going to try and call locall keystone dealer and see if they have had any similar complaints. It has always had smell, it is not something new, and the wife says she cant smell it
  • Do you have a slide awning?? Maybe some funky stuff on the seals?? You might try an appropriate cleaner. Does the smell come inside the trailer or just outside? If you have a slide awning, you may want to try a good cleaning on both sides - reaching the underside of that awning is a challenge, but something like a soft long-handled car wash brush should help. BTW, when you rinse, especially the underside of the awning, use as gentle a spray as possible so it doesn't seep inside and allow to dry thoroughly.
  • No, is has dinette and sofa, camper is a keystone premier 31bhpr. I am wondering if the roof material is glued down and it is from the glue.
  • Is there any plumbing in your slide (kitchen sink, fridge, etc)?
  • camper is a 2012, I have been trying to think of how to describe the smell, i would say a toilet/chemical smell, i thought it was from the black tank but after this past weekend I dumped tanks and then filled and dumped 2 more times to flush out, added water but no chemical, got home and smell was in camper.
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    What kind of smell? re: Damp / Mould smell? Chemical / glue drying smell? Motor burning smell? Toilet smell?

    Also… How new (old) is your camper? Like homes,. some "new" campers smell weird for many years. Most often, its the glue drying type smells.
  • Kinda hard to give ideas to get rid of the smell without a description of it- what does it smell like?