Winterization problem

X2 on Dutchman Sport. If you let all the water out of the FW tank the pump can lose its prime which happened the first time I winterized. Pump the pink stuff than open the drain lines. Don't forget to bypass the water heater or you will use lots of pink stuff.

You must have a very tight connection at the hose. The slightest air leak will prevent the pump from pulling in the antifreeze.

I set the antifreeze jug on a short step ladder at near the height of the hose connection. I do not drain any water. With the hose in the antifreeze jug I turn on the pump, then open a low point drain until antifreeze comes out to get flow started, then close that drain. Repeat with the other low point drain (I have two). Then it is generally good for doing all the faucets, toilet, washer/dryer, black tank flush, and outside shower. On rare occasion it will lose its prime. When it does, I go back and open a low point drain again to re-establish flow and reclose it.

I have the ladder and jug set so I can see it out a window so I can close a faucet if the jug gets low and before it starts sucking air.

You have to turn on a faucet while priming the pump so that air can leave the lines to help pull in pink stuff, hence prime it.

I tried everything to get it to draw, no luck. I was able to feel a minuscule amount of suction at the end of the hose.

Mine occasionally does the same thing. I don't know the technical explanation, but find when I open a faucet the pump will then begin to draw the af from the bottle. I believe it has something to do with air getting in the line.

I did have the hose in the bucket first, but thank you.

When I winterize, I don't open the low point drains until last. I put the hose in the "pink stuff" gallon jug and turn the water pump on. There is already water in the lines, not drained yet. The pink stuff pushes out the clear water. I open low point drains last, after pumping the pink, and drain the pink out.

I have found the hose has to be in the gallon jug before turning on the water pump. If the pump is turned on first, then the hose is put in the pink stuff container, the water pump will never pull. The end of the hose has to be submerged before turning the water pump on.

I leave all the faucets turned off. The pink stuff will reach pressure quickly and then shut off. I then go to each faucet and turn it on just enough to get the pink stuff flowing freely. When the faucets begin to spit air, the jug is getting empty. I turn the water pump off, then switch to a new gallon jug, then turn the pump on again. I don't know why it has to work this way, but it does. Hose in jug or bucket first, create the vacuum, then turn the pump on.

See if that helps. Chances are, you are turning the pump on first then trying to get the hose in the pink. Won't work that way. Been there ... done that.!! Learned the hard way.