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ToolmanJohn ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
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Don't put the anti-freeze through the water heater. Bypass the water heater before treating the lines.
Anti-Freeze can attack the heat element.
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wildfire305 ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: Erlanger, KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 85 |
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Right, I intend to blow out first so as to not dilute my antifreeze.
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2005 Dodge Durango 4.7 V8
OLD Tow Vehicle 2004 Honda Odyssey 2015 RP179 "73b" OLD 2005 Viking Saga 2480ST popup |
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techntrek ![]() Admin Group - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
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If you use the winterization valve the entire pump will be full of antifreeze.
I do not recommend only blowing out the lines. Water will collect in the low points and in the valves, there is no way to get all the water out and while you may get lucky eventually you'll have a problem. You can skip the blow-out and only use the antifreeze, just don't skip the antifreeze and only do the blow-out.
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ArthroPod ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 10 May 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 16 |
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Would recommend removing it and emptying any water. I have had to replace mine because I forgot about and it froze and cracked the plastic .
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177 toad with Ford 150
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wildfire305 ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: Erlanger, KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 85 |
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Gotcha. What about the little strainer on the pump?
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Podster ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
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Most of it should be removed by running the pump and then some after the tank has been drained and is empty. Kinda like slurping the last few drops of the ice cold beverage at the bottom of a cup, through a straw.
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wildfire305 ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: Erlanger, KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 85 |
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Traps... I intend to shop vac them out and pour in the antifreeze until they seal. Then add half gallon in each dirty tank to treat the lines going to the dump valves
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wildfire305 ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: Erlanger, KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 85 |
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So the water left in the hose feeding from the tank to the pump drains by gravity back to the tank?
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Podster ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
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My understanding is that there is two schools of thought here: blow it out or don't blow it out.
If you blow it out and drain then use a small amount of anti freeze to treat the P-straps. If you don't blow it out then flush with antifreeze to replace the water remaining after draining. Myself, I'm going to drain, blow it out, and treat my P-traps...done. Concurring with tech, freezing H2O is no problem, as long as it has a place to expand.
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techntrek ![]() Admin Group - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
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As mentioned in step 11 (here), you just need to drain the water tank. The pickup hose will then be empty. There will be some water left in the tank itself and this isn't a problem since it has plenty of room to expand when it freezes.
It takes about 3/4 of a gallon to winterize my pod. You would need several gallons if you put it into the fresh water tank like FR recommends since the remaining water would dilute the antifreeze.
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