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    stinkysink53 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 19, 2010, 03:51 AM
    Will a leak under kitchen sink cause a foul odor in your house
    When I run water in my kitchen sink there is a terrible foul odor throughout my trailer,it is making us sick is there anything that I can do or use to get rid of this??
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    Mar 19, 2010, 06:36 AM

    You meantion a leak in the title... then go on to say only when you run water.

    Is there a leak only when you run the water and the odor occurs at other times?

    If that is the case... there would be a drain leak on the sewer side of the P-trap. I can't see a reason it would occur ONLY when you run the water unless the water itself has a foul odor.
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    Mar 19, 2010, 07:28 AM

    If you have garbage disposer, it can produce smell coming from decaying food left over inside. Also, look under sink to see if you have P-Trap installed ( the J-like bend pipe ). Wet kitchen cabinet can smell but not only when you run water. It would smell all the time.

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