Rusty Suburban Water Heater

Mine is 13 years old and shows the early stages of some rust there.
Wonder what gives with yours?

Time to return to dealer and have it swapped out for another one under warranty

You have a leak,,,,,,,
electric element seal'
Anode rod bung weld is cracked




Your pic is upside down

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Time to return to dealer and have it swapped out for another one under warranty

You have a leak,,,,,,,
electric element seal'
Anode rod bung weld is cracked




Your pic is upside down

I agree. It's under warranty and your bung weld is failed (as Old Biscuit) says.

I've always been partial to Atwood HWH's because of the tank. No anode rod needed and no rust on the outside either.

That's what it looked like to me, bung weld or leaking around the threads. The anode is tight though.

Wow!!! That's a new water heater. I would suspect an electrical current is causing that.

SidecarFlip wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Time to return to dealer and have it swapped out for another one under warranty

You have a leak,,,,,,,
electric element seal'
Anode rod bung weld is cracked




Your pic is upside down

I agree. It's under warranty and your bung weld is failed (as Old Biscuit) says.

To the OP:

If Old Biscuit and SidecarFlip both agree that you have a broken weld, you can bet your bottom dollar, 'that' is the problem. Both these gentlemen have many years RVing experience and even more years experience solving life's problems than most viewers of RV.net.

My two cents worth. Worth what you paid for it!

Lakeside

Got it scheduled to go to a local rv shop after talking to Suburban. After they diagnose it, they are to contact Suburban to work out warranty details. Thanks for the help.

brinson wrote:
Got it scheduled to go to a local rv shop after talking to Suburban. After they diagnose it, they are to contact Suburban to work out warranty details. Thanks for the help.

Come back and post results...outcome. OK

Will do, it will be a few weeks as I will be in Arkansas for a week or more.