Dirty hot water

[KenK]

Odd thing happened yesterday. Preceding it, I noticed the kitchen sink faucet was leaking a little so did what I've successfully done in the past

- turning each faucet on and off firmly about 50 times, which has stopped leaks in the past. I have no idea how. I mention this in case it might pertain to the next paragraph.

Any way, running the kitchen sink hot water shortly thereafter, the water started running dirty. Looked like rust. I checked the bathroom, which is next to the water heater, and the hot water was clear, so it wasn't the water heater. I let it run for several minutes and it cleared up, and has remained clear since.

Curious. Any guesses?

TIA

[bob haller]

you have any galvanized water lines in your home?

that faucet might have been on when some dirt got in water line from saya leak repair on the street.

[KenK]

bob haller wrote in news: [e-mail]:

AFAIK all copper originally with PVC repairs. I think that line is all copper.

Nope, I have a well. Should have mentioned that.

[KenK]

Oren wrote in news: [e-mail]:

A mobile home. Too lazy to look it up but probably 40 or more.

Again too lazy to go look - probably copper - if not, PVC.

Hot water gets used at least twice a day in kitchen to do dishes.

[KenK]

Ed Pawlowski wrote in news:98Cdnc6jvMWN [e-mail]:

Ah. Sounds like a very good possibilty. Never happened before though.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Turning it off and on caused the water to stop abruptly and loosed up some crap that has been accumulating for a long time.

That is a fairly common procedure when blowing down a steam boiler so it looses up and gets the solids floating so they can be flushed out.

[micky]

Washer colored dirty? That means black in most cases.

Your washer is falling apart? ;-) Not likely, but if the faucet starts dripping much worse, save the old washer for physical and chemical analysis!

[Ken]

I have seen that happen when the fire department flushes the fire hydrants. Could it be they did that recently in your neighborhood??

[KenK]

Ken wrote in news:mpdotb$jiq$ [e-mail]:

Out in the country. No hydrants, Using well water,

[clare]

That would dirty all the water in the heater - and the bathroom sink too.

I'm voting for accumulated dirt in the pipes getting jarred loose by jamming the tap closed quickly several times.