Toilet smell

[fyrdad]

Morning, new to me 2014 24 IKSS. I read about the smell from the model 300 toilets. I think I have a bad one.
I cleaned the black tank before leaving on first camp trip. Prepped the tank with 2 packets of Walex bio-paks. A couple of days with just me using the system at deer camp a sewer smell started. I cleaned the toilet bowl thinking that was the cause, nope.
I read thru some of the other threads. According to the sticker on the side of the toilet I think I have one of the 300's.
Is this a Dometic issue? And does it transfer to me the new owner?
Or do I just need to eat the cost of toilet replacement?
Thanks for the great info on these forums
Greg

[KMP44]

You can call Dometic with your serial number and ask if the recall applies to your unit.


One other thing to check - is the bowl holding water? If not that can cause odor. The seal either needs to be cleaned or replaced.

[fyrdad]

Morning,
I will call them. Didn't think of that.
Yes the bowl is holding water, so that isn't the issue.
Thanks for that suggestions

[nomad297]

Try filling your black tank with water until it gets to the point where you can see it up in the toilet, above floor level. If the floor begins to get wet, you need to replace the seal. Real easy to do, but this is pretty much the only way to find out if this is the problem.

Oh, when the water starts to come out onto the floor, run outside and pull the black tank valve.

Bruce

[fyrdad]

This will particular test will have to wait.
Didn't consider that the seal could be bad.
You are talking about the seal between the toilet and the floor correct?
Like the wax ring from a house toilet? But not a wax ring.

[PhoneDude 8289]

If the smell is only in the bathroom and you have a lavatory in that bathroom the vent could be bad under that lavatory letting a sewer type smell into the RV. Had that problem in the kitchen area of our RV. Turned out it was the vent in the cabinet under the sink.

[MilCop4523]

I'd have a helper ready to pull the tank lever if it starts to leak. last thing you need ot do is spend time running around the trailer while its soaking into the floor.
you ahve enough of an issue on your hands already - don't need to have a mix of stuff soaking into the wood under the laminate

[fyrdad]

Phone dude, yes only in bathroom definitely coming from toilet area.
Reading other threads now, checked smell under lav and it was clear
Yes absolutely don't want to add to the list of "to do"

[fyrdad]

Great news! Just got the call from the dealer. The toilet IS on the free replacement eligibility list!!
Thank you forum for the heads up.

[deartruc]

The fantastic fans are great...just my question: are any of the fans on when you get the "smell"? With no windows open, I found mine would suck the "smell" right into the camper.

[fyrdad]

Evening,
Nope, no fans. The odor is noticeable as soon as you walk into the bathroom. Fortunately the smell didn't continue past the bathroom door

[MNtraveler]

Temp fix anyway, at least check that the fixture is securely bolted to the floor. Any looseness could cause smell leaks.

[Summer2Go]

How do they fix toilets with a bad seal that won't hold water? Is it complicated?


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[fyrdad]

Summer,
Have no idea sorry. This is my first camper with a toilet. And you can see that I am learning a lot about them already.
I did find out that we could install any type of RV toilet if we wanted to get rid of Dometic all together.

[cabanarick]

Did you call Domenic directly or did you call the dealer? I have the same toilet and the same problem, but everyone I have talked to knows of no recall on that toilet.

[cabanarick]

I found the number to call and they replaced my toilet for free. They will upgrade the toilet for an additional charge. They say they fixed this problem in July of 2013.
Call Dometic Sanitation at 800-321-9886. They will replace it with a Model 310

[Summer2Go]

Last summer my toilet would stink up the camper if I had anything in the black tank. The camper was brand new, and I thought this can't be right. In my research I found that the toilet seal was not holding water, and got a lot of advice about how to take care of the seal. We have a very small window of camping time in the summer months, so we put up with it until they did warrantee work last winter. Turns out there was a pipe or valve leading to the toilet that had loosened up and was letting the water drain, it was an easy fix! The water in the bowl prevents the odor from coming up through the toilet.


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[cabanarick]

Thanks summer ! The series 300 Domenic toilet did have a defect so the are sending me a new one. They tell you not to tip it when you take it out it is holding a lot of nasty fluids!

[2014 sierra]

2 things, 1) the chemical you put in your black water holding tank may not be a good enough deodorizer. 2) I had a simular problem, cleaned everything black and gra holding tanks, finally I stopped and took a breath.....I had been leaving my gray water tank open, helped to keep the sewer pipe clean and I didn't have to be constantly draining it. Come to find out the only time the smell would come in was when my neighbor drained his tank also he did not use chimicals, (newbe). So after he learned the importance of chimicals, the smell went away. The other thing that happened to me was when I changed from the small bottles of aqua-Chem to bio stuf, what a problem. My dump valve started seriously sticking almost making it impossible to dump abd it did not kill the odor as well. I switched back and those problems went away too. Just a thought from some of mine real expierances. Good luck