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vtraudt
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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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vtraudt
Explorer
Jul 17, 2016
Ok, those grey lines are Polybutylene.
Not used anymore.
Likely need to convert to Pex for the elbow there.
See if I can find a DIY (sharkbite) converter from PB (not sure what the size is called, will measure the OD and hope to find a naming table based on OD) 90 degree elbow to the tank thread.

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