Bowen water heater problem, anyone know what to look at?

[Silverfly]

Hi there, I have a Bowen water heater (not the original likely about 10 years newer) in my 62 overlander. The pilot lights and stays lit, the burner comes on and stays on for 4-6 minutes then the whole thing shuts off -pilot and burner. The water heater never gets to temp. The heater is full of water, Anyone know what to look at??

[InsideOut]

Sounds like what ours did...after taking it out & cleaning all the soot & dead bug parts, it worked fine. If that doesn't do the trick it's probably the thermocoupler.

Shari

[Silverfly]

I'll give it a shot.

[Creampuff]

Originally Posted by Silverfly

I'll give it a shot.

The thermostat may be defective. Try dialing the thermostat way up to see if it stays on longer. Mine is a red dial on the control. The ' puffing- out ' problem is probably due to a weak pilot - a separate problem from the first.
If that doesn't work you probably need a new control.

[Silverfly]

Thanks everyone, I removed the burner with thermocouple and pilot assembly. Cleaned and re-installed it . It works like a charm now.