By Andreina Urdaneta A clean water heater will heat and maintain water better and last longer. Once a year, flush your water heater, and in extreme hard water areas, at least twice a year. If you feel up to the challenge, here are some tips to help you in a basic cleaning. 1 Turn the water heater and the cold water supply to the water heater off. 2 Hook a high-quality garden hose to the drain valve, and place the other end in an area where hot water will not cause damage. 5. Open the drain valve. 6. Disconnect the cold water pipe on the top of the water heater. This step will let air into the water heater so it will drain. When the water heater is empty, close the drain. 8. Pour tile cleaner into the cold water, leave for a couple of hours and drain the detergent out of the tank. 10. Reconnect the cold water supply to the water heater. Open the cold water valve and let the water heater flush for a couple minutes. 12. Close the drain valve and open the hot water faucet nearest to the tank, and let the water heater fill. 13. When water starts to come out of that faucet, reopen the drain and let the water heater continue to rinse. After all the air is out of the water heater, turn it back on. Take care of your water heater, and it will take care of you. If you keep ignoring the task, your water heater may just leave you in the cold.
To flush sediment from a hot water line, turn off the water heater, connect a garden hose to the drain valve, and run the other end of the hose to a drain. Open the drain valve and let the water flush out the sediment until it runs clear. Close the valve and turn the water heater back on.
Turn off the power supply to the water heater. Drain the water heater to below the level of the element you want to replace. Use a wrench to unscrew and remove the old element, and then install the new element by screwing it in securely. Refill the water heater, turn the power back on, and check for leaks.
If you have a plugged AC condensation drain, clear water will back up and end up on the passenger floor. If the heater core is leaking engine coolant you will have engine coolant end up on the passenger floor.
Probably not. In most vehicles the only 'water' inside the cab is from the heater core. It's mostly likely that your heater core has a leak. The heater core is near the gas pedal on these vans. If the leak is on the right side it could be ac condensation water running back in from either a plugged drain, or it could run back through the firewall from an improperly sealed drain tube. The drain tube is behind the alternator and about half way down. It is hard to see and access.
Disconnect lower radiator hose if you can not find the drain valve. Drain water and antifreeze and flush it out good. Reconnect hose back up. Then add a gallon and 1/3 of anti freeze then finish with water.
You can drain the coolant from the radiator drain plug and just refill it or you can flush out the complete system including the radiator, heater core, heater hoses, block and replace the thermostat and the refill it back up...........
Either the heater core is bad or one of the pipes going into it has come out of the core. The drain in the firewall is for condensation from the AC which is in the same box. Temporary fix is to connect the two heater hoses that go through the firewall together bypassing the heater core. You won't have any heat, but that should stop the over heating of the engine.
The most likely culprit is the heater core.. its usually located under the dash on the passenger side.. if it starts leaking you will have water on the passenger side floorboard.. also the radiator fluid will be low.. Another possibility is the drain from the ac is clogged... alowing condenced water from the ac process to dump in the passenger side floorboard.. the heater core and the ac drain are located in the same area...
I like to install two tanks -- if one goes down you still have hot water -- when you connect two tanks -- i would run cold water to first tank into top of cold water inlet -- then come out of the hot and run it to the bottom of the next tank where your drain valve is -- just remove and install a tee and put the drain valve back in -- then come out of the top where the hot water outlet is and install a by-pass valve so if one tank leaks you can turn the bad tank off and still have hot water till you can install another tank -- i have done this many times this way -- works good if you have enough room for two 50 gal tanks
you can back wash the pool and drain to proper level Throw a pool party with lots of energetic kids.
You can get a back water valve. It is similar to a check vale/ the back water valve goes on your main sewer line out side of home. It is desined to stop black water form coming into your home if main line stops up. Thay do make a device that can be installed into an exsisting drain it lets water through your drain but will not let water back up through you shower drain.