Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
 
 


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 09-21-2018, 10:00 AM   #1
JustinChase
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 34
Toilet doesn't seal

My 15 year old, but new to me RV has a Dometic toilet where the flap doesn't seal and will not hold any water in the tank. The leads to any poo landing on the flap and 'staining' it until/unless it's manually cleaned with a brush. It also leads to the smell of the tank escaping and my RV stinks whenever I enter it.



Not a tenable solution.


Is it worth trying to fix the seal somehow, or should I find a new toilet which I assume are better designed than they were 15 years ago?


Any suggestions on an affordable, good toilet to consider replacing with?
__________________

JustinChase is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-21-2018, 03:26 PM   #2
Walt
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Northern California
Posts: 136
Take toilet apart, clean up ball and replace seal and gasket.
__________________

__________________
Walt and Judy
2019 Mobile Suites 36RS3 #396674
2022 GMC Sierra Denali 3500 DRW 4WD
Walt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-21-2018, 04:16 PM   #3
Notanlines
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Germantown, Tennessee
Posts: 716
Justin, what Walt said^^^^. Look on YouTube.com and there will be at least five videos giving you a blow by blow description of how to go about it. And no, the toilets are not much better now than then.
__________________
Jim and DW 50 years Brenda
2018 40rssa and 2021 Jayco Eagle 40'
2019 F450, ruby red
Harley Road King & sidecar
Notanlines is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-24-2018, 06:00 PM   #4
fshrmndave
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hammonton,N.J.
Posts: 6
Smile JustinChase

This has been a RV in service training class dedicated to JustinChase, hope you've enjoyed it.
__________________
2005 RE3 Mobile Suites #1646
2004 Chev Silverado 3500 Duramax Dually
fshrmndave is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-24-2018, 08:44 PM   #5
JustinChase
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 34
Quote:
Originally Posted by fshrmndave View Post
This has been a RV in service training class dedicated to JustinChase, hope you've enjoyed it.

I sure have; thanks everyone!


I've decided to just replace the toilet with a Dometic 310, which has a porcelain bowl and which allows me to fill the tank separately from flushing.


Cleaning someone else's poo off the current toilet, which sits too low anyway just doesn't appeal to me.
JustinChase is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-25-2018, 09:20 PM   #6
wingnut60
Site Team
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Where we park it
Posts: 2,838
Make it a habit to regularly clean below the ball valve with some sort of brush that fits thru the opening, using lots of water and disinfectant. Also, keep the groove in the sealing rubber clean with the tool provided.
Regular care will prevent most problems after getting the new unit.
__________________
2016 Tiffin 40 QBH
2015 38RSSA, traded
2005 TK3 #1869, 10 yrs of memories,
2017 F450 KR--one more Ford is it
2009 F450 4x4-died; 2010 F450-retired
wingnut60 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-26-2018, 10:18 AM   #7
JustinChase
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 34
Quote:
Originally Posted by wingnut60 View Post
Make it a habit to regularly clean below the ball valve with some sort of brush that fits thru the opening, using lots of water and disinfectant. Also, keep the groove in the sealing rubber clean with the tool provided.
Regular care will prevent most problems after getting the new unit.

Good information, thanks.


kind of makes me want to just install a real toilet instead. scrubbing poop regularly is not one of my life's goals.
JustinChase is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-28-2018, 12:40 PM   #8
wingnut60
Site Team
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Where we park it
Posts: 2,838
A real toilet is a possibility, with 2 potential downsides--gotta completely drain the bowl in winterizing to prevent freezing, and the amount of water that is used in every flush.
But, if always using full hookups, amount of water used isn't a problem.
__________________
2016 Tiffin 40 QBH
2015 38RSSA, traded
2005 TK3 #1869, 10 yrs of memories,
2017 F450 KR--one more Ford is it
2009 F450 4x4-died; 2010 F450-retired
wingnut60 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2018, 09:30 PM   #9
JustinChase
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 34
Well, I probably should have just bought a real toilet. The Dometic 810 porcelain bowl toilet I did buy appears to be exactly the same toilet I already have installed with with a nicer seat.



I was really hoping the new one would be a better unit that wouldn't lose the seal, but alas, it seems I paid $170 and the time it will take to install for just a new seal and seat.


live and learn
JustinChase is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-30-2018, 10:07 PM   #10
wingnut60
Site Team
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Where we park it
Posts: 2,838
It should work just fine with minimum maintainance.
Give it a year and let us know how it worked.
The seal itself is an easily replaced item, just a little icky to do the work. First time it is tedious, but you get the hang of it quickly.
__________________

__________________
2016 Tiffin 40 QBH
2015 38RSSA, traded
2005 TK3 #1869, 10 yrs of memories,
2017 F450 KR--one more Ford is it
2009 F450 4x4-died; 2010 F450-retired
wingnut60 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by

Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:32 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
×