Mike Elliott wrote: > 1984 WBX, will be pretty much doing nothing during these much colder > winters, what should I do to winterize her? (Or him. Whatever.) Easily overlooked for Westies is any water in the onboard fresh water lines and the P trap. Even if the "City water" port is never used, water can leak by from the faucet and put fresh water in that line. There is a check valve at the port itself and pushing it inward with a small shaft will allow it to drain. Blowing out the "P" trap is a good idea so the drain pipes don't freeze and break. You can place the cardboard tube from a paper towel roll over the drain (cap removed from under the van, of course) and blow water out of the trap. Putting RV water tank antifreeze in the onboard fresh water tank is a good idea. Then running the pump (turn on the faucet) so that the line from the tank is purged of fresh water and antifreeze takes it's place. The antifreeze that then fills the drain trap is a bonus. Mike Houlton, Maine/Glade Spring, Virginia |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.