Another winterizing question.

We do not use the pink stuff in any of our coaches. I used compressed air if sitting in the winter to blow stuff out. Sure it takes a bit more prep work, but that pink stuff... Yeek.. I don't want it in my fresh water lines other than just the freaky nature of doing that... Chems, etc.

I have a 2009 Freelander with the 2 knob water panel. With mine there is a 1/2"Pipe thread connection under the city water connection. By fashioning a hose with the correct fitting on the end (1/2"NPT),hooking it up and inserting the other end in a antifreeze jug it will suck antifreeze through the pump and push it through the system. The pump is then protected as well as the faucets,etc that may retain some water even with an air blowout.
The following needs to be done for this to happen:
Drain all water out of system that will drain out then close the valves. This is because the drain lines are "Dead" with trapped water with the valves closed.
Knobs need to be set to "Winterize"
Hot water heater bypass needs to be installed and the water heater isolated with the bypass valves.
Waterheater needs to be drained separately
On my unit it takes about 2 gallons of antifreeze with enough left over for the traps.
Don't forget the outside faucet if so equipped.
This has been covered in many other posts to this forum and can be researched if you are not clear.

Thanks Drew, that is what I'll do.
Marvin

Generally the pump can be adequately drained by running it dry for minute or so.

I use compressed air, even with a readily accessible winterizing port for the antifreeze. The basic process is pretty straightforward: you drain the system as usual with the low point drains, run the pump dry, and close the taps and drains, and hook the city water inlet up to the compressor with an air pressure regulator. I usually set mine at around 40 psi. Then, each faucet and low point drain is opened in turn until nothing but air comes out of all of them. If the water heater drain plug is out (and it needs to be to drain it, of course), you need to bypass the water heater to blow out the lines or else the air all escapes through the water heater drain.

Once the water is out of the system, it's just a matter of putting a little antifreeze down the drains to protect the P traps. The whole process takes me maybe fifteen minutes or so, excluding the sometimes seemingly interminable time required to drain my fresh water tank as it dribbles out onto the driveway.

You can purchase a hand pump and use the city connection

https://www.amazon.com/Camco-36003-Hand-Pump-Kit/dp/B0006IX7YW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1485281449&sr=8-4&keywords=rv+winterizing+kit