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vtraudt
Explorer
Jul 10, 2016

1995 Fleetwood Tioga Montara - hot water tank leak

De-winterized the RV (Ford chassis) yesterday. Put the buttom plastic drain plug in, switched from bypass to normal. Filled the tank, at the end started gushing out of the top connection. Fi...
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dougrainer
Nomad
Jul 10, 2016
vtraudt wrote:
Leaking from behind pressure valve.


If leaking BEHIND the TP valve then it has frozen. There is NO anode rod for an Atwood Water Heater. Only Suburban water heaters have Anode rods. There is no correct or set area when a Atwood inner tank freezes and expands and cracks. Doug

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