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terry908 
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Joined: 23 Aug 2016 Location: South Carolina Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
 Calendar Event: RP 180 Water pumpPosted: 23 Nov 2016 at 2:44pm |
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I am preparing to winterize my RP 180 for the first time but can't find any literature that explains how to access the water pump. Does anyone on the forum have that information? If so, could you drop me a line?
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blimey
Senior Member 
Joined: 15 Aug 2016 Location: OHIO Online Status: Offline Posts: 102 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 5:55pm |
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Our 180 has it under the bed on the left side.You need to remove the plywood under the mattress to get to it(i know its a PITA) First mod I do in the spring is cut the plywood and make a hatch!!!!!
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flat6s
Groupie 
Joined: 21 Mar 2016 Location: Burlington, Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 84 |
Posted: 23 Nov 2016 at 7:10pm |
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Just winterized my 180. Decided not to tear out plywood etc under the bed. Winterized the same way I have done my trailers for the last 20 years. Isolate hot water heater, drain it, remove anode and clean out debris. Blow out hot and cold water lines with low pressure compressor including low point drains. Pour 4 to 5 gallons of rv anti freeze in fresh water holding tank. Turn on water pump and open every faucet, one at a time, hot and cold side until pink anti freeze appears, including outside shower and inside shower. Including low point drains. Now your pump and all water lines are winterized. Only thing left is the traps. Put one of the empty antifreeze jugs under trailer at fresh water drain, open the drain cap, fiill up jug, and use that on your drains to fill each trap, including inside shower...Smile...you are done.
Happy trails Joe
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Bama Pod
Groupie
Joined: 04 Oct 2016 Location: Huntsville AL Online Status: Offline Posts: 89 |
Posted: 29 Nov 2016 at 9:33pm |
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The 2017.5 180 water pump is under the bed in the back corner. There are two boards (front and back). First I had to completely remove the mattress. Then I had to unscrew the front board and slide it over the back board to get the water heater bypass. Then slide the front board back into place, place, the back board and slide it on top of the front board to access the water pump syphon hose. After all that I then winterized with pink stuff. In spring I'll have to only remove the front board to un-bypass the water heater. After all that I decided to purchase an air compressor so next year I will just go with the "plow-out" technique which should be adequate for north Alabama.
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Bama Pod
Huntsville, AL 2017 Ford F250 2017 Airstream 26U |
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flat6s
Groupie
Joined: 21 Mar 2016 Location: Burlington, Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 84 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2016 at 7:53am |
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I do not understand why the water pump must be accessed to winterize. Can someone please explain this to me ?
Happy Trails Joe
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2016 at 8:11am |
Because on the water pump line is a valve, and that valve is hooked to a hose, and that hose can be placed in a gallon jug of anti-freeze, the valve turned to draw from there instead of the holding tank, and the anti-freeze pumped through the system from there. With the WH bypassed, it takes 1 gallon to winterize, including some to dump in the P traps. This also makes sure anti-freeze gets into the pump and it's pre-filter. Also, come spring time, WAY less anti-freeze to flush from the system. Some people are sensitive to the "flavor". |
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ron_whitt
Senior Member
Joined: 08 Sep 2011 Location: Chesterville On Online Status: Offline Posts: 261 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2016 at 9:31am |
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Has anyone thought of or has anyone put an extension on the hose (to make it longer/easier) to suck up the anti freeze from the bottles? When winterizing I find the original hose a little to short and not flexible enough.
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Ron & Shirley
2020 Tacoma 2012 177 rpod |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6465 |
Posted: 30 Nov 2016 at 12:11pm |
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I think a 90 degree elbow and a rigid tube (length to fit the bottle) added on to the end of the flexible tube would work better than just lengthening the tube.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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RP 180 Water pump - Event Date: 23 Nov 2016