Re: Smells like gas or amonia on startup, goes away after...
Depending on what type of heater you have lies the answer.....newer electronic ignition models have a purge cycle, therefor the smell of gas for a brief few moments
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The smell is Freon, I would replace the unit. The cost to repair is usually 50% or more of the cost of a new one. Once the Freon goes the compressor usually goes with it.
If your contractor supplied the toilet, then it is his/her problem, not yours. If you supplied the toilet, then: take a mirror and examine under the lip of the bowl. How does the glazing look? Are there areas without glaze? If so, these bare areas are a breeding ground for bad odors. You can try a thorough cleaning both inside the bowl and around the outside of the toilet with an amonia cleaning product. If you use amonia, DO NOT use bleach: the two combined create a deadly gas. Whatever you do, do not hang a bleach based product inside the tank: the bleach will eat away at anything rubber inside the tank. There is a bleach product that hangs inside the tank and disperses the bleach directly into the tube that leads to the toilet bowl. This would be OK.
Darren; there are very few things that can cause the smell of amonia/urine in a dryer. Other than some animal accessing the unit and dieing in it.
The one item in the unit that could cause that smell is the starting capacitor, if it goes bad and start oozing the electrolitic that often smells like amonia. But that is not a very common result, so I hestitate telling you it is worth tearing your unit apart to look for.
Is there any chance that an animal did die in the cabinet?
Strong Ammonia smell is dead give away for LEAK. Ammonia is the chief ingredient in the absorption type cooing system. Probably not economical to repair. For a second opinion, contact a Dometic Authorized Service Center.
not sure about gas smell sure its not the smell of overheating vehicle. If it got hot the thermos stat didnt open or antifreeze was froze in the lines and couldnt circulate through engine
I have a 2002 Impala, and on cold days on the first start of the day had strong fuel smell. I troubleshot the problem to the fuel pressure regulator on the fuel rail was leaking around the seams. I replaced the regulator and have had no problems since. Hope this helps. Chad
Possibly a leaking hydraulic lifter. They can leak down while engine isn't running and then make a ticking noise for a while on startup. If it takes 10-15 minutes to go away, it is more likely to be a loose tappet which needs adjusting.
thats because yoiu have a amonia system thats why they say to keep it level to opoerate properly. the smell may be a leak from where someone punctured the evaporator.
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