Stumped trying to winterize

Is there a valve that enables the bypass hose and turns off the feed from the tank?

I think you haven't opened the valve by the water pump to allow the anti-freeze to run thru. You line from the fresh to the pump has a T, right..where you have the anti-freeze pick-up? There ought to be a small plastic valve that allows either fresh or from the anti-freeze pick-up line.


Gary Haupt

Make sure you open the bypass valve at the pump to draw from the hose. You may also need to open a faucet or something. If the lines are still pressurized or filled with water the pump won't cycle until it senses the need. Open a line and the pump should kick in.

If you switched the bypass to the hose to the anti-freeze jug, you may just need to open a faucet to purge air, to start anti-freeze flow.

Jerry

camp-n-family wrote:
Make sure you open the bypass valve at the pump to draw from the hose. You may also need to open a faucet or something. If the lines are still pressurized or filled with water the pump won't cycle until it senses the need. Open a line and the pump should kick in.

2X.. This!

Turn the pump on, then turn a faucet on. The pump will then begin to pump the pink. If it does not pump the pink right away. Turn the faucet back off, turn the pump off, and do it again. Sometimes, the pump will turn on and nothing actually start pumping. When that happens, turn a faucet on, it will then begin pulling from the hose.

Sorry, I didn't mention that I did close the T-valve from the tank so the pump would pull antifreeze.

When I open the faucet, I hear gurgling and it spits a little antifreeze, so it must be drawing some, but definitely not like it should.

Do I need to test if it will pump water from the tank? We haven't used the pump for a long time, since we usually use campground water.

air in line, i had to blow into the suction hose with pump on and then mine pulled antifreeze from the bottle.

The gurgling is air being purged. It's what you want. Let it gurgle until af flows. Your pump should be pumping af while that's happening.

CMunrock wrote:


Do I need to test if it will pump water from the tank? We haven't used the pump for a long time, since we usually use campground water.

It wouldn't hurt to try it if you aren't sure the pump is actually working.
bumpy

Next time don't drain the Fresh Water tank until you have established a prime in the pump for the antifreeze.