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    Posted: 30 Oct 2014 at 5:50am
Need help as to ,how do i get antifreeze into system on a 182g.
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Check out the R-Pod Spotter Youtube Channel and this link.




Your water heater should be in your dinette benches and your water pump is either there also or under your slideout panels.  At the bottom there are 2 panels with 4 screws in them.

You can flip your water pump on though and hear where it is so you don't have to search.




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I know where the water pump is,do i have to disconnect the hose on the pump to suck the antifreeze into the system?
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Originally posted by kycurry kycurry wrote:

I know where the water pump is,do i have to disconnect the hose on the pump to suck the antifreeze into the system?

That will depend on whether yours has a hose tied into the system already with a bypass valve or if your is a separate hose.

If a separate hose you will have a quick connect fitting where your fresh water tank connects to the pump.  You'll disconnect there and add the accessory hose in it's place to create a spot for you to pull in antifreeze into your pump and then into your lines.

If yours is built in you will have an extra hose piece leading nowhere with a valve that you will switch over to then draw in the antifreeze like mine in that video link I provided.
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Thanks Travis,haven't seen any extra hoses or any with a quick connect .I'll get in our nanny-paw pod this morning and look again.thanks again.
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Originally posted by kycurry kycurry wrote:

Thanks Travis,haven't seen any extra hoses or any with a quick connect .I'll get in our nanny-paw pod this morning and look again.thanks again.

Absolutely!  The hoses if you have that type where it's a quick disconnect are often hidden in any number of holes or storage spaces of your Pod.
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