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Clayvis · Feb 23, 2010, 06:23 PM

I have a 4 month old American Standard toilet. I installed it myself, and did everything by the book. It flushes like a champ, but recently has developed a stinky fish oil smell in the bowl! It is NOT a sewer smell. When I first smelled this, I cleaned the bowl with Lime Away Toilet Bowl Cleaner. The smell went away for a week, then came back. Cleaned it again and the smell came back the next day! I am over this! It smells awful! I have located the receipt from Lowe's, and may just yank it and haul it in there and... It is a Cadet 3 model. I remember reading on the box that it had some kind of anti-bacterial coating or something. Could that be the problem? HELP!

Originally Posted by ballengerb1

Good place to start, in the tank. You could just just add a cup of bleach to the tank, flush and add another cup to let stand in the tank over night. Repeat this several times. Kohler has a site, ask them too. American Standard - Compact Cadet® 3 Right Height? EL Toilet w/seat - Product Details

Thanks for the advice. I will give that a try. It really smells like the bowl itself stinks, but I isn't about to dip water out of it and smell it! I will try bleach first. Still don't think I should have to do this on a 4 month old toilet.

Thanks guys. I tried the bleach in the tank last night. So far so good... I will let you know if the smell returns.

cdad · Feb 23, 2010, 06:30 PM

Have you tried dropping in a chlorine tablet in the tank. Like the blue water kind?

ballengerb1 · Feb 23, 2010, 09:28 PM

Good place to start, in the tank. You could just just add a cup of bleach to the tank, flush and add another cup to let stand in the tank over night. Repeat this several times. Kohler has a site, ask them too. American Standard - Compact Cadet® 3 Right Height? EL Toilet w/seat - Product Details

You should not have too but mold and all sortsd of junk can grow on almost any surface. Also, don't forget to contact AS complaint dept.

cdad · Feb 24, 2010, 08:24 PM

Another thing that can make a new toilet smell is if at the factory they coated the flapper valve with something to help keep it soft and now its coming off ( washing off ) when you flush. Rubber can have a smell like your saying too. And it just may need some time to aclimate.