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Harvey51
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Dec 18, 2016

My RV antifreeze froze!

Just -27 C yesterday and I happened to notice the pink stuff in the toilet bowl was solid. Not like water ice; more like frozen slushy. The antifreeze in the jug marked good to -50C was the same. I did a foolish thing buying two large jugs at an estate sale. It must have been antifreeze recovered from the guy's big motorhome with some water mixed in. It looked like new but is now clearly inferior to unused stuff with the same rating, which had no sign of freezing. Many people have said the pink stuff goes slushy but doesn't expand enough to break anything, which let me sleep well.

We are having a Chinook today, with temperatures rebounding to 1 or 2 C above zero. I took advantage of that to heat up the MH and winterize again with a new jug. No damage apparent, though the toilet drain won't open.
  • There is nothing wrong with the antifreeze. It's suppose to get slushy when it gets below it's freezing temperature. The difference between RV antifreeze and water, is... water expands when it freezes. RV antifreeze does not. So it will not burst your pipes or valves or seals. You are OK. Nothing to worry about. Give mother-nature time to warm up and you'll be fine.
  • Nothing wrong with your antifreeze. The pink stuff will turn to slush. It is supposed to do that. However, it will not expand when frozen consequently protecting from freeze damage.

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