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Ok, so no spare parts available at my local store. They stated the parts would be >$2k plus shipping, and recommended a new heater for ~$4k given my current heater is 13 years old. I was able to find a heat exchanger and manifold for about $1.2k shipped on Amazon. Thoughts/recommendations on...

Minor update. Brought to my local pool store. They are going to look through spare parts and see if they have anything that could work. Luckily I have few months to figure this out.

Thanks. Unfortunately pool is shut down so not able to hook up like that. At least for a few months! Also read a radiator place could possibly identify and fix leaks, but also read questions on whether it would hold up to the heat of these.

After educating myself as best I can by watching videos and searching the forums, wondering if someone could help me (as much as you can virtually) diagnose my heater. It seems to function fine, but leaks from the bottom manifold bolt hole. This season it seemed worse. I've attached pictures of...

Those are great videos, thank you. Will bust into it tomorrow and see what I find.

By the way, I did find the (questionably safe) video of the full teardown of my model. He didn't show the manifold issue he was having or why he replaced it. Just wondering how to diagnose, and maybe that's taking it apart. Still...here for some advice from the pros!

Hey all, my Sta Rite Max E Therm 333 has a leak. Assume maybe manifold, gasket, etc associated to the area shown in the picture where the bolts are rusting. Is this a common enough problem and/or easy to diagnose on my own? Fairly handy, but I figured I'd ask before opening stuff up and...