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Sarah Wakely

Editor

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Reviews editor

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Features/ Travel editor

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Tow car editor

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John Sootheran

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Andy Jenkinson

Used-van contributor

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HOW CAN WE FLUSH OUT THIS PROBLEM?

Q My 2011 caravan has a Thetford cassette toilet, but recently when I’ve been flushing it, a load of black bits have come through into the toilet as well.

We usually use the specialist pink fluid you can buy online, but I’ve also tried flushing it through with plain water, and this doesn’t seem to have helped much. Could you advise on what we can do to clear it, and prevent this from happening again?

Chris King

Sarah Wakely answers…

You’ll be pleased to know that this isn’t too much to worry about – it’s something

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