[C320-list] Remove hot water heater to replace hoses?

[John Morrison]

Replacing the hot water hoses is not an urgent repair if they are just suffering crase cracking on the outside. These hoses are triple layers and it is rare for them to suffer a catastrophic failure. If they are cracked on the outside but still fairly flexible they’ll be OK for another season. If they are hard and inflexible they’re getting near the end of their useful life and a good idea to replace them. Mine have been cracked on the outside, and have been on the “to do list” for 5 years now!! I’ll get to it soon. 1200 hours on the engine. 
JEM
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> On Nov 3, 2018, at 10:27 AM, Jim Graham <jameswgraham at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the advice about my hot water heater repair estimate, especially
> Allan Field for the detailed step-by-step.  You have probably saved me some
> money.  In answer to questions, mine has not shown signs of leaking yet but
> the cracked hoses are a concern and preventive maintenance probably makes
> sense.  The engine has less than 300 hours on it, but it's 16 years old and
> rubber hoses get old, I guess, used or not.