Question on auto antifreeze ?
Will regular auto antifreeze hurt the seal in a RV toilet? I am not interested in hearing about RV antifreeze Jack L
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time2roll wrote:
I have a couple jugs of each. Not sure what was poured in. Probably the alcohol based.
Just wanted to share my experience. Never again.
Alcohol based evaporates faster.
While it does leave a pink stain, it should not "hurt" anything by evaporating. It mainly works by displacing water, no water left, no possible way of freeze damage.
Pink stain left, should be soluble in water.. Run some fresh water and allow to set for a few hrs and stain generally will disappear on it's own.
Personally, there IS NO "NEED" to leave any standing RV antifreeze in the toilet bowl. No harm will happen to the "seals" if let dry, they come that way from the factory and the toilet manufacturers.
I don't bother leaving RV antifreeze sit in the toilet bowl, I do open the gate and dump some into the holding tank just in case there may be a small amount of water in the black tank.. I just try to be careful of splashing it on the bowl.
I would be highly concerned about dumping ANY "oily" substance in the bowl, that includes vegetable oils, nut oils or mineral oils.
Most vegetable and nut oils WILL eventually go rancid when left open to the air and tends to get real thick, gooey and sticky.. Might even attack the seals..
Mineral oils should be a no brainer, typically WILL attack the seals..
