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

[AK_Kid]

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.

[SCVJeff]

The only thing that doesn't like soap is a Macerator, it's a big suds generator and could kill the rubber impeller. BTDT

[ctilsie242]

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.

[Oasisbob]

I hope your scent is from the sink trap and not a vent pipe leak. No worries. Very clean gray tank. Dump and rinse

[Stormy_Eyes]

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.

[Road_Dog]

If you use dishwasher soap, you won't have any suds at all!

[Community Alumni]

I do that fairly often, 'refreshes' the tank.

[wa8yxm]

What to do.. add about half a cup of CALGON water softener about 1/3 tank of water, and drive about 50 miles.. Then dump

How to clean the wast tanks GEO method 1.

[djousma]

The only issues you may have for awhile is false readings on the gauge. It may read full too soon due to all the soap suds. I used to have this problem all the time in my old trailer with the galley gray tank.

[DutchmenSport]

It won't hurt a thing to have all that Dawn down your sink and into the tank. It will just clean it real good! Do the same with your black and grey tank too. You'll be amazed how well Dawn cleans the black tank (and the stronger the better).

[gbopp]

The Geo Method uses soap and other household chemicals.

I normally use just a cup or two of dish detergent in my black and gray tanks.

If anything, you probably helped rather than hurt your gray tank.

Enjoy your travels, and your cleaner gray tank. 🙂

[ulvik]

When I need to give my black and gray tanks a good cleaning this is what I do. I add some liquid soap(about the same amount I would use to do a large load of dishes) to both tanks then put about 10 Gallons of water in both of them. Then I drive to our next campground then I dump them. What can it hurt it cleans them like a washing machine cleans your cloths in my opinion.

[AK_Kid]

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

[stickdog]

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.

[Harvard]

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