Re: [VAL] a leak!!

["Gary Quamen" <g_quamen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like water hammer or slug flow from the air being forced out of the
water heater.  The kitchen sink is probably the highest point in the system.
Mine hammers like h... if I'm not VERY careful while filling the water
system.  This hammering can actually cause thin wall sections of pipe, where
it has been rubbing against other pipe or objects, to fail.  Any weak spot
in the system actually.  If it starts hammering, you should shut off the
faucet and reopen it very slightly to let the air out slowly.  If it tries
to hammer again, close it and start over.  Sometimes it takes a few minutes
or more until you get a solid flow.

GQ '67 Safari
4082 in CA