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09-29-2015, 07:32 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
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M.O.C. #6433
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Antifreeze
Anyone else having a problem finding Prestone RV antifreeze? All I can find are other brand alcohol based antifreezes.
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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09-29-2015, 09:06 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Winfield
Posts: 7,327
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Our Wal-mart had it, but I have always used the other RV stuff!
Bingo
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09-29-2015, 12:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Benson
Posts: 3,121
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I have always used whatever I can find and after seeing the price on the Prestone I certainly won't be using that.
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09-29-2015, 01:43 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
Posts: 7,133
M.O.C. #6433
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Prestone is propylene glycol based. Some others I have seen are ethanol (alcohol) based. Does alcohol really dry and harden rubber seals? I have no idea. But I prefer the propylene glycol type even though it cost a little more.
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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09-30-2015, 01:33 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
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When I was a kid, I worked for Union Carbide where they canned Prestone. Saw too many things, wouldn't buy it on a bet.
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2017 3720 RL, and 2013 HC 343RL
Pullrite Hitch, IS, Disk Brakes, 3rd AC, Winegard Traveler, Bathroom door mod, Dometic 320, couch for desk swap, replaced chairs, sun screens, added awnings, etc.
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09-30-2015, 04:35 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mayville
Posts: 629
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I always use the cheap stuff on sale and never had any problems on my 2004 or my 2010. In the spring I try to capture what I can and use the following year in my sink and shower drains.
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09-30-2015, 04:46 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Frostproof, FL USA
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In all of our years of boating I always did my own winterizing. Generally purchased between 20 and 30 gallons of "pink" each fall to winterize all the systems plus both engines.
We always bought the cheapest on-sale RV antifreeze we could find and it seemed like every year it was a different brand. Never noticed any problem with toilet seals or anything else.
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09-30-2015, 05:13 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brandon
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Can't help either. We always look at the price and don't usually end up buying the same brand from year to year.
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Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada
2011/3500/Silverado/4x4/DRW/Duramax
2017/3721RL/Legacy Pkg./Pressure-Pro
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09-30-2015, 08:31 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: McKinney
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Sounds like experience trumps urban legend and the cheaper stuff is not a problem. So I guess I will go for cheaper.
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Bill & Patricia
Riley, our Golden
2007 3075RL (recently sold, currently without)
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10-01-2015, 12:24 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Full Timer In Naples, Florida
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They actually sell it at Walmart in Naples Florida. Kid you not, That would figure.
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10-01-2015, 03:47 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Frostproof, FL USA
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M.O.C. #13272
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Eagleback
They actually sell it at Walmart in Naples Florida. Kid you not, That would figure.
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We will be back home (Florida) in a couple weeks. I should check my local Walmart to see if they have any left. Should be able to buy it for about .25 a gallon after a brutal winter down there.
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10-02-2015, 10:00 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 908
M.O.C. #7915
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Walmart's is the cheapest...and works fine.
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10-03-2015, 03:33 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Portland
Posts: 1,107
M.O.C. #8045
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I use winterized windshield washer fluid in the drains, works for me and cheaper too. I blow out the water lines first. Never had a problem.
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10-04-2015, 05:19 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Marquette
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Good of a place as any to ask;
I winterized for the first time the other day. Ran the lines dry, took the caps off the water tank and low point drains. Then drained the water heater and turned the bypass on and then put the pump over to the bypass position so it would suck from the hose going into the anti-freeze. Ran two gallons through the system and it wouldn't pressurize. Went outside and found out it had peed all two gallons out thru the low point drains. So I figured out I had to put the caps back on those drains and the lines pressurized and ran the pink stuff through all the hot/cold lines including the outside shower and also made sure plenty of antifreeze in the traps as well as the toilet. Now for the question.
I ran the two gray tanks and waste tanks dry until no more water came out and some of the antifreeze I flushed through the system also came out the main drain. The question is do I leave all three drains open all winter or do I close them and put some more antifreeze into the tanks? I figured that I wouldn't put any AF in the fresh water tank and left the cap off that one.
Thanks in advance,
Doug
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10-05-2015, 12:31 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Full Timer In Naples, Florida
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M.O.C. #15731
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by JandC
Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Eagleback
They actually sell it at Walmart in Naples Florida. Kid you not, That would figure.
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We will be back home (Florida) in a couple weeks. I should check my local Walmart to see if they have any left. Should be able to buy it for about .25 a gallon after a brutal winter down there.
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You will find a large quantity available. I cant believe that they sell rv anti freeze down here. But its Walmart.
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10-05-2015, 01:02 AM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Gaylord
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Arion
Good of a place as any to ask;
I winterized for the first time the other day. Ran the lines dry, took the caps off the water tank and low point drains. Then drained the water heater and turned the bypass on and then put the pump over to the bypass position so it would suck from the hose going into the anti-freeze. Ran two gallons through the system and it wouldn't pressurize. Went outside and found out it had peed all two gallons out thru the low point drains. So I figured out I had to put the caps back on those drains and the lines pressurized and ran the pink stuff through all the hot/cold lines including the outside shower and also made sure plenty of antifreeze in the traps as well as the toilet. Now for the question.
I ran the two gray tanks and waste tanks dry until no more water came out and some of the antifreeze I flushed through the system also came out the main drain. The question is do I leave all three drains open all winter or do I close them and put some more antifreeze into the tanks? I figured that I wouldn't put any AF in the fresh water tank and left the cap off that one.
Thanks in advance,
Doug
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Close the tank valves and add about a quart to the tanks.
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10-05-2015, 03:02 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Marquette
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M.O.C. #14672
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Thanks Bill will do.
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