Another winterizing question 317RLOK

Dakota Fox

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I am trying to winterize our 2022 317RLOK.
I drained the water heater and all the low point drains. After they all quit draining, I closed the drain ports. I put the anode/drain plug back in. It has a Nautilus water panel. I set the green and blue panel valves to the flat position as the diagram indicates for winterizing. I put ~35lbs of air pressure to the city water port and one by one I opened and closed the toilet, outside port by the door, the hot and cold valves on the faucets in the bathroom, kitchen, and the one by the Nautilus panel. I held each one open until they quit expelling water.
I put three gallons of antifreeze into a clean 5 gallon bucket. I hooked the intake hose to the Sanitize / Winterize input. I turned on the pump from the Nautilus panel and waited until it quit. I went in and flushed the toilet until I got pink fluid. I went to the shower and opened the cold the the hot valves, one at a time, until they were expelling anti freeze. I plugged a hose into the outside port by the door and it expelled antifreeze. I opened the valves on the faucet that is on the Nautilus panel and both the hot and cold expelled water.
Here comes my problem.
I turned on the bathroom sink cold valve - no anti freeze. I I tried the hot valve - no anti freeze. I went into th kitchen, it is a single valve that you move either direction for hot or cold water. I tried both hot and cold positions - nothing in either position. I turned on the shower again, both hot and cold flowed nicely. I checked the water drain ports - no leaks. I checked the water heater - no leaks. The pump would run while I had the shower on but shut off shortly after I closed the shower valves and would not run unless I reopened them. I figured this indicated no leaks. Turning on the kitchen or bathroom sinks did not engage the pump. The sun went down so I shut the pump off and quit for the night. The next day I thought I would check for line leaks by seeing if it was still holding pressure. Without turning on the pump, the residual pressure pushed antifreeze out of the shower and toilet, so no leaks. Still nothing out of the sinks.
i'm stumped. Anybody run into this or have any ideas?
 
Just a blind stab in the dark since out TT is low-tech and old, but could there be a whole-house water filter blocking the faucet flow with your valves in their current position?
 
I am pretty sure that it is not a filter problem. We bought the trailer New two years ago. We never installed a filter. I don't think they come with one.
 
Factory hose orientation/ connections / to the back of the water manifolds may be wrong. Check and follow the routing.
 

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