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Old 09-20-2020, 10:31 PM
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Default Winterizing a Pressure Washer

I've seen various products marketed for winterizing your pressure washer, but they're pretty expensive compared to a big jug of RV antifreeze that you could use to prep it for storage for the next decade of winters. I use the simple, patented set-up shown below consisting of a plastic pop bottle with the bottom cut off screwed into a short hose (the female x female appliance hose that I used required a male x male hose adapter). Anyways, I just fire up the pressure washer and give it an antifreeze IV and she's good for the winter, I thought this might help a couple of you who might have just got one this year, or never thought to do it before (freeze splits are no fun).

I removed the hose and drained it, there's no need to blast antifreeze through it when you can do that.


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Old 09-21-2020, 01:17 AM
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I just stick the suction hose into a washer fluid (-40 winter) jug and pull it over and let it drink about a litre. Same concept though. I even have Dr Pepper bottles to do it your way.

Oh I have an old cut off garden hose that’s maybe 5 ft long I do that with. Not a full garden hose just FYI.
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Old 09-21-2020, 05:31 AM
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my boy should have seen this a few years ago.......
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Old 09-21-2020, 06:21 AM
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Exactly what i do with mine.
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Old 09-21-2020, 07:52 AM
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Thanks for this. Bought my 1st this year and was wondering how it was done?!
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Old 09-21-2020, 08:15 AM
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I just stick the suction hose into a washer fluid (-40 winter) jug and pull it over and let it drink about a litre. Same concept though. I even have Dr Pepper bottles to do it your way.

Oh I have an old cut off garden hose that’s maybe 5 ft long I do that with. Not a full garden hose just FYI.
In this case, suction hose = soap hose?
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Old 09-21-2020, 08:28 AM
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Learned from e xperience. Don’t use r v antifreeze. It gums up your pump over winter. Use windshield antifreeze
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Old 09-21-2020, 08:35 AM
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my boy should have seen this a few years ago.......

Mine too. He did a good thing by washing the sleds off when we got home. Where he failed was leaving the pressure washer outside in -20C.

Just bought a replacement yesterday.


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Old 09-21-2020, 08:45 AM
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Thanks for this thread, mine is in semi heated garage for the winter, and this seems like an excellent idea! I've been lucky so far tho!
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Old 09-21-2020, 09:07 AM
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I just put mine, including the hose, in the basement, having learned from experience.

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Old 09-21-2020, 09:09 AM
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I’m roughly the same as the OP. I just took the white lid off the RV antifreeze and drilled a hole the same diameter of my 5’ garden hose. A little electrical tape to keep it there and bobs your uncle. I just save the white cap as they fit on all the antifreeze jugs. Do the same for the boat when winterizing
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This is what I used last year. Pretty slick and should get 5 or so winters out of one can.
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/0398602.html
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Old 09-21-2020, 09:13 AM
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I put mine in the basement...
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Old 09-21-2020, 10:37 AM
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In this case, suction hose = soap hose?
No your garden hose connection. You have to “prime” the hose by dumping some in but mine will pull out of the jug. The main water inlet.
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Old 09-21-2020, 10:53 AM
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I use air compressor at the water input to blow out all of the water. Has worked for years. Unheated garage.
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Old 09-21-2020, 01:05 PM
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I use air compressor at the water input to blow out all of the water. Has worked for years. Unheated garage.
I do This ^^^^ when I winterize the trailer with the air compressor, so easy.
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Old 09-22-2020, 01:19 PM
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Tks Mr C. for the thread, just did mine, used 1/2" clear tube into water inlet & drilled a 1/2" hole into the lid of a Gatoraid Bottle, started up the P/W in went all the antifreeze, pulled the plug added some oil down the cylinder, drained the fuel, good for the winter in our outdoor shed.

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Old 09-22-2020, 01:42 PM
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Also use compressed air with a sprinkler blowout attachment, been doing it for many years without a problem.
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