Black water tank drain plugged

[Pacific Fisher]

Despite an agreement that only degradeable tissue would be used, my wife put some of those "bottom" wipes into the toilet.
Now the black water tank will not drain. I tried one of those back flush city hose attachments at the outer drain outlet, and no luck.
I have added an extra strong dose of "Pure Power" to the tank and we have driven over 100 miles, still not draining.
Help.

[robmcqueen]

Try back flushing it with one of these. https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Durable...s%2C120&sr=8-5

[Second Chance]

Try back flushing it with one of these. https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Durable...s%2C120&sr=8-5

I think that's what he said he tried.

Rob

[Second Chance]

How full is the tank? I'm asking because pressure can work wonders. If the tank is not all the way full, try closing the drain valve and filling the tank with the rinser until the "Full" light just starts blinking. Turn off the rinser and open the drain valve. If that doesn't work, it's probably time for a snake. I would insert the snake through the garden hose attachment so that you don't get a high-volume nasty flood when things do break loose.

Rob

PS: a plumber once told me that the so-called flushable wipes were his "bread and butter."

[BeerBrewer]

I feel your pain! My daughter flushed a some of those so called flushable "bottom" wipes down the toilet. Well they got stuck and clogged the line to the cesspool on our home. It cost me $1500 to fix.

Have you tried one of these? You attach it a hose and push the other end down the toilet. We have one, when I use it I shut the water off to the toilet, so I can see better. It shoots high pressure water everywhere. It may dislodge the wipes. Just about every RV sells a version of this.

https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Flexibl...ps%2C68&sr=8-9

[tjndsa]

'flushable wipes'

There is no such thing! Tried the 24 hours in a glass of water test.....Complete FAILURE!

[A.Texas.Yankee]

Despite an agreement that only degradeable tissue would be used, my wife put some of those "bottom" wipes into the toilet.
Now the black water tank will not drain. I tried one of those back flush city hose attachments at the outer drain outlet, and no luck.
I have added an extra strong dose of "Pure Power" to the tank and we have driven over 100 miles, still not draining.
Help.

Do you have any discharge when you open the gate valve? I would think it would be more than "some" to cause a complete blockage.



Full-time Traveling Family ,'21 Momentum 395MS-R, '21 F450 King, 2000watts solar, Dual Victron MP-II 12/3000 2 x 120v, 1220ah LiFePo4

[trailrydr]

I feel your pain! My daughter flushed a some of those so called flushable "bottom" wipes down the toilet. Well they got stuck and clogged the line to the cesspool on our home. It cost me $1500 to fix.

Have you tried one of these? You attach it a hose and push the other end down the toilet. We have one, when I use it I shut the water off to the toilet, so I can see better. It shoots high pressure water everywhere. It may dislodge the wipes. Just about every RV sells a version of this.

https://www.amazon.com/Camco-Flexibl...ps%2C68&sr=8-9

Old shool black tank washer. Used to use one on our 93 Jayco TT toilet/black tank. Definitely does help with the potty wipes.... we used it mostly for they those stuck to the side of the tank after draining.

The snake thru the drain sounds like the best idea, but certainly could be an interesting experience.

[Steven@147]

Try this off you tube, might be worth a try
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUmPMGDEKxY

no special tools required, may take someone to help, the basic idea is fill the drain hose with water from the grey tank. as soon as the grey water starts to drain, close the grey valve while picking up on the hose and holding it above the tank level. the drain hose is full of grey water, now open the black tank valve and raise and lower the hose thus sloshing grey water backwards into the black tank pushing whatever is clogging the black tank drain valve backwards into the tank, now very quickly drop the hose on the ground and see if it starts draining.

[Rivercityjeff]

Get a snake and enter from the drain side. It's gonna be messy, have a bucket ready. https://www.amazon.com/Drain-Plumbin...326245&sr=8-22