Heater is dripping water

[Moki]

I thought that I had winterized my heater well and it was stored in a heated hangar, but this year I have a constant drip coming out of my heater near where the hose attach. It doesn't appear that it is the hoses that are leaking but rather coming from within the heater. Has anybody tried to fix their heater or is the best option to just replace?

[Thomas Chobot]

I thought that I had winterized my heater well and it was stored in a heated hangar, but this year I have a constant drip coming out of my heater near where the hose attach. It doesn't appear that it is the hoses that are leaking but rather coming from within the heater. Has anybody tried to fix their heater or is the best option to just replace?

I had the same problem,I took to a radiator shop and had it repaired. Cheaper than buying a new one

[Moki]

I will give that a shot. The new ones are a lot more expensive than I thought they would be.

[dozzerdude]

heater craft

we had a shop try to repair ours once. that only lasted a year.I think we are on the 3rd heater craft core now. im thinking of putting hot water shut offs to the heater this time,might help.

[Moki]

That's a good idea. My problem with my heater leaking is that I have all of my amps in the same compartment.

[chpthril]

we had a shop try to repair ours once. that only lasted a year.I think we are on the 3rd heater craft core now. im thinking of putting hot water shut offs to the heater this time,might help.

Depends on the root cause of each failure. Are they rusting out, are the nipples breaking off or are the cores freezing due to not being fully drained during winterizing? If you are looking to add the valves to stop flow to it, then just pull the nipples from the block and replace them with plugs. This eliminates any possible leaks in a disabled heater system.

That's a good idea. My problem with my heater leaking is that I have all of my amps in the same compartment.

Depending on the size of the hose or split, it can be soldered closed. Acid-core solder and a mini torch.

[Moki]

Chpthrl, I found your post about finding the core in an Autoparts store. I think it is the same heater core to the 1976 Ford F100. I am going to give that a shot. Thanks as always for your quality advice!

[dozzerdude]

chpthril the boats stored in a heated garage ,you might be right on the core rusting out. the shut off valves would be better than the bolts we put the hoses now, i think the last core cost 75.00

[Moki]

Unfortunately, the auto parts route only works on the 2 vent systems. I ordered a new core off of this site http://www.jmsonline.net/heater-craf...y-het-h301.htm