Exactly! Why spend money on some chemical that may or may not be harmful (many food additive are harmful even though they are found in food). In fact Camping World sells an air adapter for the city water inlet. Just hook up a pressure air hose at the gas station and blow out the air. The water tank and non pressure lines should drain themselves once you remove the drain cap under the van. Bill
---------- > From: Karl Mullendore <Westys4evr@AOL.COM> > To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Winterize Westy?/Antifreeze in the plastic pores? > Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 9:31 PM > > I believe the RV antifreeze is made of propylene glycol,a common food > ingredient.(although THAT makes no sense to me!) I always just drain mine in > winter(when I'm not winter camping!) and run the faucet till it's dry. Never > had a breakage yet! You could,if you didn't want to use the antifreeze and > were not trusting all the water was out of the faucet,blow pressurized air > through to clear it all. > Karl |
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