Recent content by Grfillinger

Definitely a nice video. There's a pilot light in my water heater. I used the videovid a reference when I replaced the pilot assembly . The issue is that the new pilot assembly clips on to the bottom of the burner, so there's no way to adjust the distance like in this video. Unfortunately...

No go. I vacuumed everything. Even took the whole bottom of the water heater apart.

Definitely not :) It's just that this unit is seven years old, and it didn't make this sound for it's whole life until now. When it fires up in the supply closet, the wall vibrates with the rumble of the water heater. It's happened at a friend's house with his rheem water heater too, so I...

Hello, I'm having some issues with my Rheem water heater and hoped someone here might be able to help. Very basically, when the burner fires up, there is a "boom/whoosh" sound. (I've linked a video of this event below). All my research has pointed to a delayed ignition problem; however, when...