Date:         Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:03:40 -0300
Reply-To:     Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From:         Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject:      Re: Shurflo faucet woe's
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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