Puzzling Plumbing Problem
A few years back I installed a regulator in the city water system intake to control water pressure. I also installed a pressure gauge to set the regulator and to keep an eye on the pressure to see if...
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dougrainer wrote:larry cad wrote:
A number of years ago, some friends had a Winnie class A and began getting foul smelling water from their shower head. Long story short, it turned out to be a leak between the Motoraid and the fresh water that was being heated. We disconnected the hoses from the Motoraid, and blocked them off and the problem went away. They lost the Motoraid heating, but didn't have automotive antifreeze in their fresh water system.
Don't know if this kind of problem could have any relation to yours, but I do know I don't like Motoraids.
Not really correct. IF the Motoraid tube somehow leaked coolant into the Hot Water Heater tank reservoir, then disconnecting the Motoraid hoses would then cause a fresh water pressure leak into the back side of the RV behind the Water Heater. ALL a Motoraid is, is a plain Aluminum tube about 8 inches long WELDED to the OUTSIDE of the Aluminum Water Heater tank. The Motoraid coolant NEVER goes thru the W/H tank and is NEVER connected to the fresh water system. Doug
Sorry Doug, I didn't include many details since this took place about 20 years ago. I only remember we disconnected black hoses from what we assumed was the heat exchanger, and connected them together away from the heat exchanger. We also connected the fresh water hose together after we located a leak there as well. Fuzzy details after all this time. It was a Winnie Adventurer, early 2000. Trying to remember where the heat exchanger was located, and seem to remember it was inside the hood, but may have been elsewhere.
