Why do I get a bad smell from my garbage
disposal?
Most of the time the smell is rotting food. but it
is not necessarily
coming from the disposal it's self but from the hose that comes from the Air gap
The Item in the center of this picture is the air gap
The blue green item on the right is what The air gap
looks like from under the sink.
Two hoses hook up to the ends of this air gap the small one
is connected to the dishwasher the larger is connected to your garbage disposal.
The large hose that ties into the garbage disposal gets full of sludge from the
food you put into the disposal and it rots there.
The solution to this problem is to remove the hose from the
air gap and the disposal (just loosen the hose clamps and pull) clean out the
hose or replace the hose. Use Bio-Clean
and follow the directions
Do you need help with this project?
Also if you get water coming out of the air gap. This also
means the hose needs to be cleaned out.
