So far, so good on our ShueFlo faucet. Installed last year and has worked perfectly 4X this season. I always Drain the tank and the lines and sanitize them with each fill up. By the way, disconnected the Cit Water hookup - our solar plug is there now and the faucet really flows well. Someone taught us to spin it upside down so the water bubbles out like a fountain. Handy for drinking and brushing teeth.  

Pete Owsianowski
‘87 Westy “JoesVan”. 

> On Jun 16, 2019, at 11:45, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Yes!  VW bus creativity wins again.
> 
> 
> This would be a strategy I could get behind.
> 
> Last summer I stopped to see a 73 bus at a local garage that flips cars of all kinds.  The man was taking everything out and tossing it away.  I suggested he keep a few things as I pulled out original VW bus items out of the trash and handed them back to him.  He had gotten the bus out of a storage place on a Craig’s list ad.  He got it rally cheap. 
> 
> Anyway there was a large gallon sized bottle of 1980’s vodka in the bus and I’m pretty sure it had a sink.  Possibly the storage treatment of choice?
> 
> I hope that bus found a more informed owner. 
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL Auto 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jun 13, 2019, at 11:03 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>> 
>> 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