I recently purchased a 2006 DRV Mobile Suites Model 36TK3 and can't get the system to siphon RV antifreeze. Has anyone else had problems winterizing their DRV Mobile Suites? I tried for hours yesterday & the pump will run but doesn't draw the antifreeze. Hoping someone can help with instructions and photo's. I've also looked online hoping to find a video but haven't found anything specific to my DRV.
NWescapee said
04:48 PM Oct 28, 2019
Sorry, can't help with an answer, we have a 2010 DRV MS but we head south to avoid winter!!
In all seriousness, if you are on Facebook, there is a DRV Owners Group, great group of people, someone there always seems to know the answers to most of the mechanical questions.
DougWN said
07:32 PM Oct 28, 2019
Thanks! I will look there!
We hope to be doing that every winter starting in a year or two.
LarryW21 said
05:32 PM Oct 29, 2019
Good to take all Winter precautions!
Terry and Jo said
08:36 AM Oct 30, 2019
Doug,
There is another forum which may interest you since you are a DRV owner. It's called Suites Owners International Travel Club (SOITC) and is made up primarily of Suites owners. I did a search and did find this little tidbit regarding winterizing using the pump. However, this may not apply to a 2006 model, as I think the explanation of the clear line may be on a newer model. They do change things as time goes on. You might consider registering at SOITC and asking your own question there.
Anyway, here is what I copied from that forum. It may involve closing or opening more than one valve.
"The valve and clear line on the suction side of the pump are used to winterize the unit. You close the valve going to the tank, open the valve going to the clear plastic line, insert the clear plastic line into a gallon jug of RV antifreeze (food grade propylene glycol) and pump it through the system (bypassing the water heater, of course).
Rusty"
The thread at that site is one that I started regarding a problem I was having, but morphed over into other topics (as forum threads tend to do), which includes talking about other pump issues. Here is a link to that full thread:
I recently purchased a 2006 DRV Mobile Suites Model 36TK3 and can't get the system to siphon RV antifreeze. Has anyone else had problems winterizing their DRV Mobile Suites? I tried for hours yesterday & the pump will run but doesn't draw the antifreeze. Hoping someone can help with instructions and photo's. I've also looked online hoping to find a video but haven't found anything specific to my DRV.
In all seriousness, if you are on Facebook, there is a DRV Owners Group, great group of people, someone there always seems to know the answers to most of the mechanical questions.
Thanks! I will look there!
We hope to be doing that every winter starting in a year or two.
Doug,
There is another forum which may interest you since you are a DRV owner. It's called Suites Owners International Travel Club (SOITC) and is made up primarily of Suites owners. I did a search and did find this little tidbit regarding winterizing using the pump. However, this may not apply to a 2006 model, as I think the explanation of the clear line may be on a newer model. They do change things as time goes on. You might consider registering at SOITC and asking your own question there.
Anyway, here is what I copied from that forum. It may involve closing or opening more than one valve.
"The valve and clear line on the suction side of the pump are used to winterize the unit. You close the valve going to the tank, open the valve going to the clear plastic line, insert the clear plastic line into a gallon jug of RV antifreeze (food grade propylene glycol) and pump it through the system (bypassing the water heater, of course).
Rusty"
The thread at that site is one that I started regarding a problem I was having, but morphed over into other topics (as forum threads tend to do), which includes talking about other pump issues. Here is a link to that full thread:
Fresh Water Tank Filled On Its Own
Good luck.
Terry