If you’re cheap like me, you like to winterize and de-winterize your motorhome yourself. An RV dealership can charge a lot of money for this service and I like to know what’s been done and how. SO : here’s some tips to get you through this process :
Water System :
- Open the water heater bypass or replace the drain plug.
- Fill fresh water tank with 10 gallons of water only. Make sure your gray water tank is empty.
- Get the fresh water pump operational if it has been disconnected in any way, then turn it on, prime if necessary and pressure up.
- Flush the anti-freeze out of your plumbing though all (hot and cold) faucets including the shower / tub and toilet.
- Keep flushing your system until your fresh water tank is empty.
- Hook up your city water, turn off the fresh water pump
- Again, flush all faucets hot and cold.
- Once the anti-freeze has been flushed out of the system, you can sterilize your tank.
- If your motorhome has other water appliances such as a washer/dryer, ice machine or dish drawer, these will also need to be run to purge all of the antfreeze out of these appliances.
Sterilizing your fresh water tank (optional):
- Mix a cup of household bleach with a gallon of water and pour it into your fresh water tank with a funnel. Next, fill the fresh water tank with potable water.
- Turn the pump back on and start flushing each faucet and toilet until you can smell bleach. Shut the faucets off.
- Let it site for at least 4 hours. Flush the entire fresh tank by turning on all faucets or drain the tank manually.
- WATCH YOUR GRAY TANK LEVELS if you flush more than your capacity.
- Refill with clean water and flush until the bleach smell is gone.
Road Worthiness
- Check and top up tire pressure
- Top up fluids or change fluids depending on your mainenance schedule
- Re-install your batteries if they were removed.
- Check your license plate tags – don’t go away without your tags renewed
- Inspect the tires for damage or rot and replace if necessary.
- Check the tire lugs to make sure they are tight.
- Inspect propane system for cracks / rust.
Other Stuff:
- Test the appliances to make sure there are no repairs needed.
- Test your awnings / TV’s and everything else that you will use when you go on your first camping trip of the season.
Go CAMPING ! Come back in the fall and I’ll have some great tips for winterizing your motorhome.
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