Plastic piece in outlet drain

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mfinkler

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This plastic gear looking thing is in my outlet pipe between my septic tank and pump tank. My septic is draining slow. Is this a foreign object or something that should be there? 1000003094.jpg
 
Most likely an outlet baffle filter to keep solids out of the drain field. They need periodic cleaning to clean out the biomat that builds up.
 
If your system backs up and you pull the filter before you pump it down, all that sludge will flow into the drainfield.

Stinks too 🌭
 
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