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09-24-2017, 12:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Seattle, Washington
Trailer: 17b - 2017 model
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Mystery in the black tank
First off, sorry for the topic.
Today I was dumping our black tank and I happened to look down with a flashlight. There was a blob of yellowish-white stuff directly under the toilet bowl drain at the bottom of the black tank. This was surprising to me since both my wife and I know that NOTHING other than poo, pee, water, and RV toilet paper go into the black tank.
I poked a stick into it and it has the consistency of hard chewing gum, and it's stuck down on the bottom like old chewing gum. There’s way too much of it to be actual chewing gum though. I'm not sure, but it looks to me like some sort of caulking or Dicor sealant like material.
After we took our trailer home I looked down into our tank and I'm pretty sure that it wasn't there at time of purchase, but I'm not 100% sure.
My best guess is that it's some sort sealant that somehow came loose. If that’s the case then presumably some sealant is missing somewhere else inside the tank, which doesn’t give me comfort. We've let maybe 4-5 other people use our toilet, but only once or twice each, so it's not 100% impossible that someone left something down there, but it doesn’t look like anything someone would normally put into a toilet. We were able to take a small part of it out.
Any other theories? Does anyone else have this kind of stuff at the bottom of their black tank? Is it supposed to be there? Here are some photos.
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09-24-2017, 02:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
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I have no good guess other than someone put something strange in the toilet or it was there from the start. I really can't see how it could be sealant of any kind as nothing like that, let alone that amount, is used to mount the toilet. The system really is simple the toilet mounted with (I believe) a gasket directly to the tank, with outlet plumbing using cement to glue to the one piece tank.
I would bet if you can clear it out, all is just fine and no need to worry.
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09-24-2017, 05:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
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Looks a lot like plumbers putty but I've never had a use for it in a toilet install and my trailers sink drain is sealed with silicone.
I might try and clear the bulk of it out if it'll free up with a flat stick, would not want it to jam the valve from closing one day. Better to clear it when you have clean tanks to mess around with.
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09-24-2017, 05:43 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
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Monster from the black lagoon?
Hi: paulk... Could be some excess putty that finally squeezed out of where ever it was applied. Could be some DNA material from the afore mentioned Monster but I doubt it!!! Either way its not something you want to get stuck in the gate valve. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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09-24-2017, 09:35 AM
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Sherwood, Oregon
Trailer: Escape 21 replaced Casita
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I have similar gunk in my new 21. One instance may be an anomaly. Two makes me suspect a build process problem.
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09-24-2017, 12:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Seattle, Washington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jrb1947
I have similar gunk in my new 21. One instance may be an anomaly. Two makes me suspect a build process problem.
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Was it there when you picked it up, or did it appear later?
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09-24-2017, 12:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
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This is what I see down my toilet.....
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09-24-2017, 12:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
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09-24-2017, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Upstate, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19 - June 27, 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulk
Any other theories? Does anyone else have this kind of stuff at the bottom of their black tank? Is it supposed to be there? Here are some photos.
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I was just looking at some photos I took of the water system and saw similar looking goop around the propane supply line to the hot water tank.
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09-24-2017, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Trailer: 2015 17A - Ready for more Maiden Voyages ....
Posts: 881
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Paulk,
As a recently retired research scientist, I must ask you when was the last time you were abducted?
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09-24-2017, 01:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
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Paulk, if you ever saw the movie "The Alien", I wouldn't lean in too close to that thing...
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09-24-2017, 01:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Jeromesville, Ohio
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21' pulled with 2014 Silverado Crewcab
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i knew that looked familiar!
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09-24-2017, 02:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ,, Oklahoma
Trailer: 17
Posts: 840
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https://youtu.be/JAVLIT_1b4E
Doug Swarts of Drainmaster.com, who tells a story about a rat in a holding tank
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09-24-2017, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Seattle, Washington
Trailer: 17b - 2017 model
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StarvingHyena
Paulk,
As a recently retired research scientist, I must ask you when was the last time you were abducted?
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They come for me every Wednesday afternoon, except on holidays.
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09-24-2017, 02:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Seattle, Washington
Trailer: 17b - 2017 model
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rjbny
I was just looking at some photos I took of the water system and saw similar looking goop around the propane supply line to the hot water tank.
Attachment 27287
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Yes, it does kind of looks like that.
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09-24-2017, 03:19 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2008 Escape 17b
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Looks like construction adhesive to me. "Liquid Nails" or some form of "mastic".
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02-02-2018, 11:29 AM
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia
Trailer: All Escape(s)
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I received an email from another owner with this issue. Unfortunately this was the first I have heard of this.
We use Proflex to seal the toilet flange to the tank, so I will presume this is some excess that has dropped into the tank. As we use clear Proflex, it has gone unnoticed during production and it will turn creamy in color after being submerged in water. I will not bond to the tank, so simply taking a 1x2 or similar and dislodging it from the tank, it should flush through the system.
Sorry for this oversight, I have brought this issue to the production floor to resolve this.
Reace
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02-02-2018, 02:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Spokane, Washington
Trailer: 2017 Escape 17B/2021 F150 w/ 3.5 Ecoboost
Posts: 368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by reace
I received an email from another owner with this issue. Unfortunately this was the first I have heard of this.
We use Proflex to seal the toilet flange to the tank, so I will presume this is some excess that has dropped into the tank. As we use clear Proflex, it has gone unnoticed during production and it will turn creamy in color after being submerged in water. I will not bond to the tank, so simply taking a 1x2 or similar and dislodging it from the tank, it should flush through the system.
Sorry for this oversight, I have brought this issue to the production floor to resolve this.
Reace
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And this is why I bought and continue to like my Escape trailer.
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02-02-2018, 03:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Lewisburg, Tennessee
Trailer: 2016 Escape 19 Classic
Posts: 516
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Quote:
Originally Posted by advenas
And this is why I bought and continue to like my Escape trailer.
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What he said
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02-02-2018, 06:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,560
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GregandTeresa
What he said
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What they said
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