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Bypassing the engine assist on the aquahot

Well, I got to TN on my return to VA and saw when I pulled in some red antifreeze under the coach.  I had lost a couple inches of antifreeze as well in the bottle.  So I knew what was going to have to be done. I topped it off and got home and went and bought a connector and pulled the coolant and return line off the AH and connected them together. I saw the elbow where it is leaking so I will have to get that attended to by someone who is better able to sweat it off and put a new one on and not let it leak.  This is the third time now that an elbow has worn out so I have experience with it. 

Re: Bypassing the engine assist on the aquahot

Reply #1 –
John, I had the same issue on my '03. I ended up using PEX fittings, has worked out well. No soldering!

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I soldered in a new elbow after a disastrous attempt by FOT failed quickly. After soldering in the new elbow, I supported the pump with a piece of wood topped by a rubber gasket to hopefully avoid the stress of the pump hanging from the elbow. So far so good ,but it has only been a year. Some have used a Shark Bite type elbow successfully, but you still have to sweat off the old elbow and clean up the tubing.

Re: Bypassing the engine assist on the aquahot

Reply #3 –
Well it is the front elbow instead of the back so I have that benefit.  Will look into pex to fix it

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Reply #4 –
Pex (or sharkbite fittings) work great and they can be directly applied to clean copper pipe as well as pex pipe.  They also come as elbows, T's or whatever.