Kitchen sink not draining

[youroo]

You have "104 Gal. of Gray water Capacity" that means you have More than 1 Gray tank! If you still have a Sierra 371 REBH! Youroo!!

[Shelbyprest]

Well crap! We were never told that we had 2 tanks! Hubby is going back out again to look closer

[heavynlori]

See the link posted

You should find the pull nearby to the outlet - you will have to make another connection to dump just the galley tank


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[Wobbles]

You did read post #7 on that link, right?

[Shelbyprest]

Originally Posted by Wobbles

You did read post #7 on that link, right?

Uhh I thought I did, let me double check

[Shelbyprest]

We found it!!!!!! Problem solved!

[heavynlori]

Okay - have to ask ..... you have been full time since July and have just now had a full galley tank ??? Do you not use the kitchen sink LOL 😊

Seriously - glad everyone could help

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[Wobbles]

Was it where the link said it would be?

[Shelbyprest]

Originally Posted by heavynlori

Okay - have to ask ..... you have been full time since July and have just now had a full galley tank ??? Do you not use the kitchen sink LOL 😊

Seriously - glad everyone could help

CAMP ON 👍🏻


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Only thing we can figure is it was open prior to us moving in. Trust me, I use it a ton LOL family of 5 and we use a lot of dishes!

[Shelbyprest]

Originally Posted by Wobbles

Was it where the link said it would be?

Yes it was! Thank you! 3.5 years full timing and we still learn new things haha

[Shelbyprest]

Thank you everyone for the help =) We are moving from Utah to Indiana/Ohio on Thursday so it was greatly appreciated!

[northstar1960]

Originally Posted by Shelbyprest

Update: we have done Drano AND a 25ft snake. We did it down the pipe and the roof vent. STILL will not drain.

I'm at a loss. What I going on?? As far as we know, we don't have a 2nd gray tank for the galley. We full time in ours and had it maintenanced a week ago. No issues until yesterday

don't ever ever use draino it's real bad on the plastic parts and tank . a snake is fine but should only need a few feet . you need to look for and make sure you do not have another grey tank . if the shower and lav drain fine but the kitchen does not you must have another grey tank . or your blockage is at the tank outlet

[Shelbyprest]

Originally Posted by northstar1960

don't ever ever use draino it's real bad on the plastic parts and tank . a snake is fine but should only need a few feet . you need to look for and make sure you do not have another grey tank . if the shower and lav drain fine but the kitchen does not you must have another grey tank . or your blockage is at the tank outlet

Our dealership recommended drano. We fixed it last night, thank you!

[rockfordroo]

Originally Posted by northstar1960

don't ever ever use draino it's real bad on the plastic parts and tank . a snake is fine but should only need a few feet . you need to look for and make sure you do not have another grey tank . if the shower and lav drain fine but the kitchen does not you must have another grey tank . or your blockage is at the tank outlet

Draino's website claims it is "safe on all pipes." Almost all new houses these days have plastic drain lines and I've never heard a caution like this related to housing plumbing, so I'm not so sure that this isn't an old wive's tale.

[JustB_Rad]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

Draino's website claims it is "safe on all pipes." Almost all new houses these days have plastic drain lines and I've never heard a caution like this related to housing plumbing, so I'm not so sure that this isn't an old wive's tale.

DON'T use it in a sink connected to a Garbage Disposal though! It WILL eat the seals out of it......That's something that can only be fixed by replacing!

[SidecarFlip]

Originally Posted by northstar1960

don't ever ever use draino it's real bad on the plastic parts and tank . a snake is fine but should only need a few feet . you need to look for and make sure you do not have another grey tank . if the shower and lav drain fine but the kitchen does not you must have another grey tank . or your blockage is at the tank outlet

Interesting comment in as much as modern waste plumbing in your home is the same stuff in an RV.... and the tank material (plastic) is HDPE which is impervious to draino. No difference. Caustic Lye might be an issue, Draino isn't (an issue).

[stervin]

Had same issue as u called factory said put
2" blocks on front
Corrected problem
Good luck

[northstar1960]

Originally Posted by rockfordroo

Draino's website claims it is "safe on all pipes." Almost all new houses these days have plastic drain lines and I've never heard a caution like this related to housing plumbing, so I'm not so sure that this isn't an old wive's tale.

It's not the pipes it's the seals and sensors in the tanks . remember this is not a normal house

[northstar1960]

Originally Posted by SidecarFlip

Interesting comment in as much as modern waste plumbing in your home is the same stuff in an RV.... and the tank material (plastic) is HDPE which is impervious to draino. No difference. Caustic Lye might be an issue, Draino isn't (an issue).

so you can't think of anything else that's in the tanks? just what there made of .

[northstar1960]

Originally Posted by Shelbyprest

Our dealership recommended drano. We fixed it last night, thank you!

so i can't help it if your dealer doesn't know. so what was the problem you stated you fixed it . how ?