Winterizing 220 fresh water system

[Danny Troy]

Just got a 220 DA and need to winterize. I know the procedure for the engine, but am unsure of the fresh water system. Should I drain any water, and if so how, or just add antifreeze to the remaining water?

Thanks,
Danny

 

[Lazy Daze]

Welcome aboard, Danny.

Yes, drain it all out (run all taps until nothing comes out). I do not put antifreeze in the fresh tank, I just pump the pink stuff through the lines. That way I don't have to flush the tank in the Spring.

Take a look at some of the posts in this search: http://clubsearay.com/forum/search....hinfo=1&photoplog_searchquery=winterize+fresh

Try doing some other searches as well - there are a TON of threads already on this forum about this topic.

 

[Danny Troy]

So you drain the tank, then disconnect the feed line and pump the pink anti-freeze through the lines?

 

[Lazy Daze]

Yes. I just put the line that gets removed from the tank (actually the output line that goes to the pump) directly into a bottle of pink. That bottle is now the fresh water tank, so to speak.

 

[Danny Troy]

Sounds easy enough....thanks. Now, if the weather would warm up a bit I can continue with the winterizing.

 

[tobnpr]

I don't winterize, so sorry about the stupid question... but how do you winterize the hot water lines without needing to fill the hot water heater tank with antifreeze (or do you)?

 

[Lazy Daze]

I don't winterize, so sorry about the stupid question... but how do you winterize the hot water lines without needing to fill the hot water heater tank with antifreeze (or do you)?

I pull the cold water inlet line and the hot water outlet line off the heater. Then, I connect the two lines together with a short length of garden hose. Now I've bypassed the heater and can run pink through all the lines/faucets w/o putting any pink into the cold or hot tank.

 

[Quint4]

Easier to just dump a few gallons of pink in the fresh water tank if you ask me.

 

[Lazy Daze]

Easier to just dump a few gallons of pink in the fresh water tank if you ask me.

Yeah, but it's the hour of filling, flushing, filling, flushing the tanks in the Spring that I don't like -- to make sure I'm not drinking any antifreeze. In real time, it probably takes me about 2 minutes to remove the cold water pick-up line and about 3 or 4 minutes to by-pass the heater.