I have a Bighorn 3400 that I took delivery of in June, 06.
The problem that I am experiencing since it was new is that any time that I get close to filling the black tank, but not even up to where I can see the liquid in the drain pipe going from the commode, there is a strong odor of sewage filling the interior of the trailer.
Of course, when that happens I immediately empty the tank, but the odor remains for at least a day. In any of the other RVs that I have owned, I was always able to fill the black tank until the liquid was visible down the commode, buy not up into the bowl.
I have had my camper back to my dealer for this problem but when they test it using clean water, there are no visible leaks found.
This happened again today. I went on top to check the vent and found that the pipe was sticking up into the vent cap enough that it touched the cap, probably making it less effective in the venting process.
Has anyone else had this type of problem? If so, what did you find that was causing it?
I am in the Rio Grande Valley in south TX. until the end of March and there is no Heartland dealer in the area. If the problem persist, I will be taking it back to my home dealer in April. Until then I guess I will just have to dump the sewage sooner that I should have to. Can't stand to wait till it gets full!!!
Any thought or comments are welcome.
The problem that I am experiencing since it was new is that any time that I get close to filling the black tank, but not even up to where I can see the liquid in the drain pipe going from the commode, there is a strong odor of sewage filling the interior of the trailer.
Of course, when that happens I immediately empty the tank, but the odor remains for at least a day. In any of the other RVs that I have owned, I was always able to fill the black tank until the liquid was visible down the commode, buy not up into the bowl.
I have had my camper back to my dealer for this problem but when they test it using clean water, there are no visible leaks found.
This happened again today. I went on top to check the vent and found that the pipe was sticking up into the vent cap enough that it touched the cap, probably making it less effective in the venting process.
Has anyone else had this type of problem? If so, what did you find that was causing it?
I am in the Rio Grande Valley in south TX. until the end of March and there is no Heartland dealer in the area. If the problem persist, I will be taking it back to my home dealer in April. Until then I guess I will just have to dump the sewage sooner that I should have to. Can't stand to wait till it gets full!!!
Any thought or comments are welcome.