

| Subject: | Re: Shurflo faucet woe's |
| From: | Roy Nicholl |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:03:40 -0300 |
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:
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> Eric:
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> 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.
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>> On 13-Jun-2019, at 21:34, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>>> 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
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