Posted by: Drew on January 05, 2005 at 00:37:19

In Reply to: Gas Hot Water Heater Not Working Properly Posted by: Colleen Jones on December 23, 2003 at 21:32:00

I have a Craftmaster natural gas hotwater heater. Its model G1(A,E,)4034T3N, 40 gal. year 1991. Slowly it has gotten so that I can only take a 5min. shower. The pilot light stays on and the burner starts and seems to work. We do have hard water, don't know it that makes any difference. Please could you give me some ideas to make it work like it used to.

Sounds like you need a new dip tube. An 8 dollar tube that puts the inflow of water to the base of the tank. Several heaters around this time were made with faulty tubes. Also, try draining the tank.