Or … if it does not get freekishly cold where you are, pour a half-gallon of vodka into the tank in-lieu of the antifreeze … then you do not have to worry about flushing the system before the first camping trip next season. > On 13-Jun-2019, at 23:57, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: > > Eric: > > You can drain the tank, then pour in a gallon of anti-freeze {The kind made for RV/marine/household {potable} water systems, not what goes in the radiator ;-)} and run the faucet until the antifreeze flows forth. > > >> On 13-Jun-2019, at 21:34, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote: >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> Mine failed by leaking but I think it was operator error. I didn’t drain the lines completely and I think they froze. I’ve taken better care and the replacement didn’t fail. >> In my case just draining the tank isn’t enough I need to get the water out of the entire system to avoid damage by freezing. >> >> Eric Caron >> 85 GL auto >> In sometimes cold VT. >> >> >> >> >>> On Jun 13, 2019, at 8:29 PM, Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> >>> Last Sunday while camping, if you can call it that in Seward, AK, we >>> suffered a faucet failure. In August of 2017 I installed a Shurflo faucet >>> and new water lines into my `87 Westy Syncro. Shortly after I noticed it >>> would leak a little from time to time but could not identify if it was at >>> the flange where the faucet neck meets the housing or out at the end of the >>> faucet. Sunday afternoon I found out as my son was attempting to do the >>> dishes and the entire faucet end of the housing blew off spraying water >>> everywhere until he turned the pump off. I was wondering if anyone has had >>> this happen with theirs or did we just get lucky? >>> >>> Mark in AK >>> `87 Westy Syncro |
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