Hello everyone. I have a inline strainer/filter (SHURflow) on the intake side of my water compressor. Wanted to install a winterization valve and hose but there is zero room. Do I take the filter off ever year when I winterize? Any other creative solutions?

Tough. Maybe a photo would inspire some ideas. Could the pump be moved to make more room? I'm thinking of my MH where a plastic tube with a couple of accessible elbows comes from the water tank to the pump. I could disconnect an elbow (threaded connectors) and hook up a hose to a jug of antifreeze.Some people drain the tank and pour a couple of gallons of the pink stuff in, then let the water pump suck it up and fill the lines.

Use the forum search feature - plenty of posts where people use air to winterize their rigs.

I also have limited space, no room for permanent kit fitting. I just remove fitting on intake side of pump, and attach a pre-made hose with fitting in its place. Jerry

I don't even bother with the winterize kit on the pump. I just remove the suction line from the water tank and stick that in a bottle of pink stuff. I use about 3 gallons (washer/dryer).

Maybe this will help. Not much hose coming out of the floor either. They sure didn’t make it user friendly. This is a 2009 Stealth 1812. Hopefully the picture uploads OK. First time using this feature.

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Bumpyroad
Explorer
Nov 14, 2017
Harvey51 wrote:

Some people drain the tank and pour a couple of gallons of the pink stuff in, then let the water pump suck it up and fill the lines.

a waste of AF and the AF left in the bottom of the tank will not drain, even if water is not compressible.

bumpy
Rvpapa
Explorer
Nov 14, 2017
2oldman wrote "You guys don't read too carefully"
After 16 years you finally noticed :B :B
Art.
westend
Explorer
Nov 14, 2017
Tried getting your image to post but no luck. Do you have some privacy options enabled on Imgur?

From the picture: It looks like you have about an inch of clearance on the output side of the pump. Dismount the pump from floor, slide it all the way right, and install a "T" with a cap on the inlet side before the filter. If you get lucky, your new "T" will be exactly the same dimension as the clearance you used.
2oldman
Explorer II
Nov 14, 2017
You guys don't read too carefully.
Bobbo
Explorer II
Nov 14, 2017
2oldman wrote:
Water is incompressible.

And centripetal force due to gravity is what keeps the moon from flying off into space.

Why are we discussing physics?
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Nov 13, 2017
2oldman wrote:
Water is incompressible.

and this relates to this issue how?
bumpy
2oldman
Explorer II
Nov 13, 2017
Water is incompressible.
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Nov 13, 2017
there was zero room in my TT on the intake side so I put the fitting on the output side and just pump AF in thru that using a 12 volt bilge pump.
bumpy
NWRVGuy
Explorer
Nov 13, 2017
Guess not. :(
NWRVGuy
Explorer
Nov 13, 2017
Maybe this will help. Not much hose coming out of the floor either. They sure didn’t make it user friendly. This is a 2009 Stealth 1812. Hopefully the picture uploads OK. First time using this feature.