T&T: fresh water tank problem

[Bob Clinkenbeard]

Any chance your hot water heater is connected to your engines closed cooling 
system?

Bob Clinkenbeard
24' custom trailer trawler "Bobbin Along"
Locust Grove, Georgia
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-aboardbobbinalong




> This might be a little off topic.  I recently treated my potable tanks 
> (have
> three) with bleach.  Seems like a good strategy.  By I think I  now have 
> an
> unrelated problem.  For some reason one of my tanks has made my  hot water
> heater smell like it has been contaminated with oil (diesel fuel?) and 
> the taste
> will not dissipate.  I have not yet purged the tanks and am on  shore 
> water.
> Cold water was and is fine.  I am running the hot faucet  often (heater is
> off) to flush with no real improvement.