Chirpz
Senior Member
GAG!!!
We recently bought a FF 189-FBR and it is in wonderful shape. The problem is, it stinks! Not all the time, only after you tow it, and sometimes during a high wind if you flush the toilet.
We have taken it out 4 times now. Each time it is the same. You drive down the road and all is well, then you stop to grab a snack or take a leak, and GAG!!! The trailer smells like an outhouse through and through. You open the trailer door and it knocks you over! What goes!! Doesn't anyone else have this problem?
After you park it and sit for a while with the fan on and windows open, the air clears and stays pretty clear until you tow again. It seems to be worse if the black tank is empty but still stinks no matter what the poop level.
We tried all the things that worked so well with our old trailer.... leave a little water in the toiler; pour some water down each drain; make sure there is a dose of sweet smelly stuff in the tank. None of that works.
On our last trip, we camped in a place that had steady high winds... each time you flushed the toilet, a waft of foul air would surge up from the deep recesses of the black hole and stab at your nose before you could pull up your pants. Also, we noted that the inside of the closet sometimes stinks.
Today, I took the first major step to try to fix this... hope it works. I'll keep you posted. I purchased a Camco 40595 White Cyclone Sewer Plumbing Vent on Amazon the other day. It arrived today and I installed it. The next few posts describe the process.
This is what it looks like right out of the package.
We recently bought a FF 189-FBR and it is in wonderful shape. The problem is, it stinks! Not all the time, only after you tow it, and sometimes during a high wind if you flush the toilet.
We have taken it out 4 times now. Each time it is the same. You drive down the road and all is well, then you stop to grab a snack or take a leak, and GAG!!! The trailer smells like an outhouse through and through. You open the trailer door and it knocks you over! What goes!! Doesn't anyone else have this problem?
After you park it and sit for a while with the fan on and windows open, the air clears and stays pretty clear until you tow again. It seems to be worse if the black tank is empty but still stinks no matter what the poop level.
We tried all the things that worked so well with our old trailer.... leave a little water in the toiler; pour some water down each drain; make sure there is a dose of sweet smelly stuff in the tank. None of that works.
On our last trip, we camped in a place that had steady high winds... each time you flushed the toilet, a waft of foul air would surge up from the deep recesses of the black hole and stab at your nose before you could pull up your pants. Also, we noted that the inside of the closet sometimes stinks.
Today, I took the first major step to try to fix this... hope it works. I'll keep you posted. I purchased a Camco 40595 White Cyclone Sewer Plumbing Vent on Amazon the other day. It arrived today and I installed it. The next few posts describe the process.
This is what it looks like right out of the package.