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BiggD
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Jun 20, 2016

Sewer smell outside camper when toilet is flushed

We noticed this weekend while camping when the toilet is flushed you can smell a real strong odor of sewer outside the camper. We were not hooked up to a sewer line. The site we were on had a slig...
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korbe
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Jun 20, 2016
downtheroad wrote:
Might want to consider changing your diet.....:)

Seriously, my bet is that the odor is coming from the roof top vent pipe.
The tank is vented up a wall and out through the roof.

And when you flush, air enters the tank from the bathroom and out the vent - just as designed.

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