Winterizing

bibilo wrote:
Hi All
Thank you all very much for your replies. I did not have a faucet open.
When I opened one, it worked fine. My mistake
Bib:o

You have to turn every faucet on to get the antifreeze throughout the plumbing system. Rune every faucet and shower on hot and cold until you see pink antifreeze flowing. Do the same for the toilet. Pour some antifreeze into the drains. Done.

empty_nest wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Forget that stuff and blow out the lines!

I'm overly cautious..... blow out the lines first, then pump in the anti-freeze and add some to all the traps.

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empty_nest wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Forget that stuff and blow out the lines!

I'm overly cautious..... blow out the lines first, then pump in the anti-freeze and add some to all the traps.

Everyone needs to do what works for them. Blowing out the lines is really not hard and works well. Also I would not put that "STUFF" in my water lines.

Winterizing, Texas Style:
Remove half the shorts and short sleeve shirts,
Replace with long sleeve shirts and jeans,
Add a light jacket,
Keep camping...... GRIN

Hi All
Thank you all very much for your replies. I did not have a faucet open.
When I opened one, it worked fine. My mistake
Bib:o

Mine pump wont start sucking with out putting a funnel on the end of my winterize hose and pour in the antifreeze, even with the faucets open still wont work.

Cummins12V98 wrote:
Forget that stuff and blow out the lines!

I'm overly cautious..... blow out the lines first, then pump in the anti-freeze and add some to all the traps.

Forget that stuff and blow out the lines!

Something I ran into this year on both my Angler 9.5 Camper, and my 5'r were the screen filters right on the intake side of the pump were plugged almost solid. Enough so, that the pump wouldnt draw antifreeze. (we use city water hookups 99% of the time in both rigs, so hadnt noticed the pumps not pumping)

Cleaned the screens, and was well. (two hours to figure it out though!!!)

I believe an open faucet is the simple solution so the pump can draw