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SlowBro
Explorer III
Mar 30, 2015

Water heater large yellow lazy flame, lots of odor 10' away

I have a Suburban SW6DE. It seems to be heating water but the flame is large, yellow, and lazy. I'd expected tight and blue. I closed up the door and after about an hour or so, 10 feet away could stil...
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enblethen
Nomad
Mar 30, 2015
Something bigger then pipe cleaner. I have used a gun cleaning brush. About a 16 guage shotgun should do good job.
Easy way is to remove it, and run it through the dishwasher.

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