Water at the Bottom of the toilet
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Topic: Water at the Bottom of the toilet
Posted By: Hugozork
Subject: Water at the Bottom of the toilet
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 11:39am
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Hi,
I found today That there is a small amont of water coming from the toilet when i flush i think. Does the toilet in rv is like regular toilet. My rv dealer i far from my home and may be it's just a small Problem. Anyone having similar problem? ------------- FrenchyPOD 171 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser 2008 - MIA |
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Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 12:33pm
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Do you think there isn't the right amount being used when you flush? Or are you concerned about leaving water in the bowl? If the first, in the 171 the mechanism is in a box under the bed next to the shower/toilet wall. You can open it and see if there is a kink in the water line. I haven't opened it myself, so I don't if there is a valve in there that may not be completely opened. Be worth a check.
I think one wants to keep a small layer of water in the toilet at all times. Several things it does: it keeps the gasket seal wet and flexible, it acts as an additional protection if there happens to be a leaky gasket, it prevents splashing of urine against the solid surface, and it covers the other stuff to keep the smell down act acts to keep the surface wet so solid material doesn't stick. So I always give the lever a halfway pull for a couple of seconds to provide the water layer. ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: Hugozork
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 12:53pm
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Sorry, it's Between the floor of the bathroom and the base of the toilet ------------- FrenchyPOD 171 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser 2008 - MIA |
Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 1:05pm
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Clean water? Could be a loose connection to the flush valve. Dirty water, bad connection to the waste line. Probably need an RV plumber.... ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: harleyguy1
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 1:37pm
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If water is sitting on top of your toilet flush gate and continues to increase in water level on top of the gate, be careful, could mean you have a leaking fresh water inlet valve to the toilet, this happened to me on a previous RV, lucky for me I saw it in time and was able to flush before it overflowed into the RV floor inside. Just make sure your flush handle has returned all of the way to the off position. Good Luck!!! P.S. I always turn off the water supply to the Pod when I leave it for any extended period of time, just a safety issue for me. ------------- Marshal 2011 R-177 Longview, Tx |
Posted By: Hugozork
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 3:47pm
It's clean water, i'm gonna Check the connection ------------- FrenchyPOD 171 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser 2008 - MIA |
Posted By: Hugozork
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 3:56pm
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May be a stupid question but the curtain shower go behind the toilet or on top of the toilet when i rame a shower. Because if i go behind it's no so important there is water on the bottom of the toilet ------------- FrenchyPOD 171 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser 2008 - MIA |
Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 7:51pm
Hugo, the position of the shower curtain is personal choice. As a big person, I keep it behind the toilet, so water will get around the base. Otherwise the curtain has a desire to stick to you.  ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2011 at 7:52pm
 lol ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 8:58pm
What's worse is if you leave the fan on and then wet and COLD shower curtain attacks you.  ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 9:28pm
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Try supergluing small dots of velcro on either side of the door, mid-way up and at the bottom. To the wall and to the curtain. No more sticking curtain.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Hugozork
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 9:33pm
i hope i found the problem, the water connection to the toilet was not tight enough. i'm gonna make some test next week-end  ------------- FrenchyPOD 171 2011 Toyota FJ Cruiser 2008 - MIA |
Posted By: Podsible Dream
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2011 at 7:07pm
Greatglad to hear that... But watch out the shower curtain doesn't try to wrap you up!  ------------- Chris and Walt '10 RP-171 'Free Spirit' '13 Dodge Durango Crew 5.7 L Hemi V8 |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 9:43am
That's a sharp idea sir! ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 11:13am
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At the top I use two clothesline clips, clipped to the rail the curtain hangs on, to keep it tight. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 1:32pm
I keep a tiny carabiner on the last shower pull and then clip that to an eye hook at the end of the rail. ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 1:47pm
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Anybody got pics of those mods? (Although it could be hard to take a photo in those close quarters! )
Diane ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 3:45pm
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I would do it, but mine is still at the dealer. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 4:03pm
Mine too! ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |