Dometic Toilet leaking through the pull lever

[sweet caroline]

After over 6 weeks , of the Mobile Engineer, changing the porceilan bowl, the rims, the seals etc, he is scratching his head, as to WHY now the leak has decided to come out of the lever, and and the Rim, which was the original maintenance job.

He spent another 3 hours with me last week, and still doesn't know, so he has asked me to leave the lever out, when doing your business, and putting it back on driving it!
He said, he will talk to Dometic again, who as you know no longer makes these expensive loos, to see what could be the problem and where is the water coming from, it is clean flush water, so it is coming from the new rim seal, not urine water I might add pheww
Thank you , you very learn ed guys out there !

 

[sweet caroline]

Is it this type of toilet

ahhhh That is so kind of you to include this video, and YES YES that is the one that is mine in my Bentley Motorhome

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

ahhhh That is so kind of you to include this video, and YES YES that is the one that is mine in my Bentley Motorhome

It might throw some light on the issue you have.

 

[sweet caroline]

It might throw some light in the issue you have.

i appreciate your help here Jimbo, but still unsure how there is water coming out of the lever when pulled

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Additional information on a leak from this toilet type

https://www.justanswer.com/rv-motorhome/i67d7-afternoon-installed-dometic-4110-toilet.html

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[Jimbohorlicks]

And some different issues here . Water pressure from the flush and seals under the bowl

https://www.justanswer.com/rv-motorhome/er62v-cts-4110-toilet-accumulates-small-amount-water.html

 

[buzz1]

In that video it shows that lever pulls out very smooth and easy does your pull as easy as well ?

 

[Nanniemate]

the trouble is i am in the hands of a professional engineer, it is not my place to ask WHY? when all I want is for the toilet to be fixed, and stop flipping dripping form the lever

If your paying them you have every right to ask
Is he charging by the hour seems he's found a cashpoint

 

[sweet caroline]

If your paying them you have every right to ask
Is he charging by the hour seems he's found a cashpoint

him and his son seem really nice, and apart from the initial installation of the new porcelain loo and seals ec, he has NOT CHARGED me to come back and forth, as he cant find the fault

 

[1967bowesj]

Just my 2p worth but there are some steps you can try.

Remove the holding tank completely
Find any bowl or folding bucket that can fit in where the holding tank goes
Use the flush in quick spurts, see if any water goes down the outside of the ceramic liner and the outer case of the toilet. If there is then the leak is either in the feed to the flush fitting or the fitting itself, could be a poor fit as they are tight to work on. If no leaks then it points to the top seal on the holding tank.
When you fit this back to the toilet does it go in and you hear/feel a clunk when it is fully in?
Clean out any bits of grit leaves etc from the inner base and rub over the holding tank. The clunk is needed or the seal doesn’t sit properly and leads to the kind of leak.

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[lorger]

Sorry if I’m being a bit thick, when you say lever do you mean the one that opens and closes the cassette to empty the bowl? If so this shouldn’t cause anything to leak unless it’s squashing against a pipe, as all the lever should do is open and shut the blade to the cassette, does it actually stop leaking when open or does the water just enter the cassette so you don’t see the leak, this would make sense meaning it’s actually leaking all the time.

 

[PeterCarole29]

Hello Caroline
If you can be bothered to traval to Colchester i will have a look at it for you free to see what has been missed
I have fitted 3 of these tiolets over the years and currently have one in our van and also have a spare cassette we could try in it
just let me know regards Peter

 

[daimlermg]

I

ve sent your feed to the engineer, thank you so much for your time and trouble

Having seen the latest posted video? I don’t think my comments are relevant as it is a completely different toilet. Sorry about that.

 

[sweet caroline]

Well the latest guys, Engineer has rang today, saying , that the Dometic Engineer from the actual Dometic company, will zoom MY Domicillary ENGINEER, on site, and they will go through the problems with the engineer on site, ie, my motorhome on Friday.

So Zoom, Loo, and Engineer will hopefully sort out this lever pull n water coming through this lever hopefully on Friday

Watch this Space ! hahah

 

[sweet caroline]

Hello Caroline
If you can be bothered to traval to Colchester i will have a look at it for you free to see what has been missed
I have fitted 3 of these tiolets over the years and currently have one in our van and also have a spare cassette we could try in it
just let me know regards Peter

Gosh Peter,

What a lovely OFFER, /I am absolutely STUNNED by your kind generosity, and if on Friday, this Engineer does NOT get to the bottom (haha Excuse the pun !) of this really worrying problem, I would certainly love to take your offer up please. Thank you Peter,
Ps Are you an Engineer by the way ?

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[PeterCarole29]

Gosh Peter,

What a lovely OFFER, /I am absolutely STUNNED by your kind generosity, and if on Friday, this Engineer does NOT get to the bottom (haha Excuse the pun !) of this really worrying problem, I would certainly love to take your offer up please. Thank you Peter,
Ps Are you an Engineer by the way ?

I would be very surprised if they cant come up with a fix
Where the cassette slides in on the floor it rests on, there could be some fillets missing so the cassette is slightly lower than it should be
or it could be the seal on the cassette itself
Somethings not linning up correctly

Not an engineer but have spent a lifetime solving things 40yrs with our own campervans mostly building selfbuilds, job till recently has been a carpenter for 45yrs. And finally able to have built our own bungalow

 

[sweet caroline]

Gosh Peter,

What a lovely OFFER, /I am absolutely STUNNED by your kind generosity, and if on Friday, this Engineer does NOT get to the bottom (haha Excuse the pun !) of this really worrying problem, I would certainly love to take your offer up please. Thank you Peter,
Ps Are you an Engineer by the way ?

I would be very surprised if they cant come up with a fix
Where the cassette slides in on the floor it rests on, there could be some fillets missing so the cassette is slightly lower than it should be
or it could be the seal on the cassette itself
Somethings not linning up correctly

Not an engineer but have spent a lifetime solving things 40yrs with our own campervans mostly building selfbuilds, job till recently has been a carpenter for 45yrs. And finally able to have built our own bungalow

Thank you Peter, I really appreciate you reaching out to me, and will definitely drive Renee over to Colchester if this engineer is still scratching his head, which he has been for well over a month now ! Thank you once again, I will let you know the results on Friday . REgards Caroline Ps, would love a quote on understair cupboard space in the house though hahaha ?

 

[PeterCarole29]

I,ll pm you some photos of the inside of the toilet with the cassette removed and you can see if you knowtice anything odd or different

 

[MisterB]

I,ll pm you some photos of the inside of the toilet with the cassette removed and you can see if you knowtice anything odd or different

sweet caroline

i qualified as a plumber in the lste 70's but still know a thing or two, i am close enough to colchester to offer an additional set of hands if needed (and with notice)

 

[PeterCarole29]

Obviously not having seen it but it’s likely to be the cassette seal rubber gone hard or if it’s never been lubricated worn enough not to make a seal
If it is a cassette problem I would be ashamed to be the man who changed the ceramic bowl
A fellow funster now a friend had a leaky thetford toilet could never find the leak
It went to a caravan centre they could find it
So I put on my inspector cluesaue hat
It was the cassette
Got a new one instead of a seal £100

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[PeterCarole29]

Any update

 

[Dave and Jen]

Not yet
Don't miss the next exciting episode...
Cheers, Dave

 

[Burge]

Not yet
Don't miss the next exciting episode...
Cheers, Dave

But WHEN ?????

 

[Dave and Jen]

Coming soon...
Cheers, Dave

 

[Burge]

Sweet Caroline done a Runner ...

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[PeterCarole29]

No I thought she mentioned she was going away so maybe has no internet

 

[Nanniemate]

No I thought she mentioned she was going away so maybe has no internet

Perhaps it's become more mills and boon then Haynes manual
She rin off with the engineer

 

[Just smiffy]

Tends to start another thread with the answer….

 

[Burge]

No I thought she mentioned she was going away so maybe has no internet

Everyone has Data on their phone ........ don't they ?????

 

[PeterCarole29]

Perhaps it's become more mills and boon then Haynes manual
She rin off with the engineer

No I thought she mentioned she was going away so maybe has no internet

No

Everyone has Data on their phone ........ don't they ?????

I find it odd your so impasto know what’s happening

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[PeterCarole29]

No

I find it odd your so impasto know what’s happening

Predictive text changed the word impatient