[Dave W]

Originally Posted by rames14

A couple of helpful hints. I cut an old water hose so it is very short. If I set a bottle of antifreeze in the convenience center, the hose goes to the bottom of the jug. I have also had to use two hose washers on the inlet. It needs to be a very tight seal. You also need to flip the valve to winterize. Hope this helps.

Exactly how I do ours though don;t need 2 hose washers (yet). Any small air leak in the intake line will not allow antifreeze to be sucked in the system. That inlet hose needs to be tight and that fitting can be tough to turn. Another thing - ours had a wire mesh strainer integral with the rubber washer in the inlet fitting. It was plugged solid as new from Keystone. It's long gone.