Tank Odor

[martingregg598]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>Curt, I have a 95 BMC that had sewer smell at times, after a close
examination of the plumbing system I found that the problem was that
at the factory they put the penetration thought the roof and then
the vent pipe through and then the vac-u-vent, they never sealed the
pipe to the roof. So every time there was any kind of a inversion in
weather the sewer gas would go up the pipe and come back down in the
coach. I removed the vac-u-vent covers and sealed the pipe to the
roof with RTV and put on new vent covers, problem solved. It's hard
for me to believe that the two previous owners never got it fixed.

> The Bird sometimes has tank odor, and other times no tank odor
inside of
> the coach. Before departing, I always make sure the kitchen sink
and
> shower p-traps have water in them as well as a deodorizer
treatment, the
> toilet has water in it above the flapper level, and the roof vents
are
> closed. Seems strange that sometimes the odor is present and other
times
> no odor. What else should I check for?
>
> --
> Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>