Hot water heater leak
I hope I'm posting this in the right place. If not maybe a moderator could move it for me. As you can see from the pictures below, I have a leak in my hot water heater. Can this be fixed? Or am I g...
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SoundGuy wrote:davidc1857 wrote:
As you can see from the pictures below, I have a leak in my hot water heater. Can this be fixed?
You haven't said but assuming this is an Atwood water heater with an aluminum tank chances are the leak is occurring right in the weld. The solution is to remove the tank completely and have that area aluminum welded. I had a friend with this exact issue and this repair solved the problem completely ... much less costly than replacing the tank.;)
It is hard to see in the pictures, but as best as I can tell, the leak is between the aluminum fitting and the welded one. Not from the weld itself.
Does anyone know if that fitting is screwed in or pressure fitted. There are tool marks on it, but it seems odd that a screwed in fitting wouldn't be hexagonal so a wrench could be put on it.
Oh... Yes this is an Atwood.
