schrater
Senior Member
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2016
- Messages
- 130
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Matilda
- Vessel Make
- Ponderosa (CHB) 35' Sundeck
We’ve been blessed with a well-operating holding tank system, no leaks or bad odors. We flush a packet every weekend of use, and that has seemed to keep things in order.
However, we recently mistakenly overfilled the tank, and after pumping out, we now find that there’s a venting of very bad odor outside every time we flush. Even multiple rinses, pump outs, and packet flushes have not resolved this. My suspicion is we somehow stirred up or activated some sludge that had previously been buried in the bottom.
Sorry for the unpleasant descriptions. My question is: is there something we can do, perhaps a more powerful additive, to “reset” the tank and tamp down the fumes? The integrity of system is still fine, no internal leaks. It’s just that there’s clearly a much more potent gas in there that gets vented now.
However, we recently mistakenly overfilled the tank, and after pumping out, we now find that there’s a venting of very bad odor outside every time we flush. Even multiple rinses, pump outs, and packet flushes have not resolved this. My suspicion is we somehow stirred up or activated some sludge that had previously been buried in the bottom.
Sorry for the unpleasant descriptions. My question is: is there something we can do, perhaps a more powerful additive, to “reset” the tank and tamp down the fumes? The integrity of system is still fine, no internal leaks. It’s just that there’s clearly a much more potent gas in there that gets vented now.