Winterizing My 2006 DRV Mobile Suites Model 36TK3

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TOPIC: Winterizing My 2006 DRV Mobile Suites Model 36TK3

DougWN

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Date: 08:25 AM Oct 28, 2019

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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

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Date: 04:48 PM Oct 28, 2019

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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. __________________ FT - July 2013 2010 38TKSB3 DRV Mobile Suites 2012 Ford F450 Dale and Ruth Travelling with Tazzy Kat!

DougWN

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Date: 07:32 PM Oct 28, 2019

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Thanks! I will look there! We hope to be doing that every winter starting in a year or two. __________________

LarryW21

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Date: 05:32 PM Oct 29, 2019

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Good to take all Winter precautions! __________________ Winnebago TT 2101DS & 2020 Silverado LTZ Z71. 300 watts WindyNation solar w/MPPT, 2 Trojan T-125s. TALL flag pole. Prefer USFS, COE, BLM, USF&WS, NPS, TVA, state/county camps. 14 year Army vet-11B40 then 11A - old MOS 1542 & 1560.

Terry and Jo

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Date: 08:36 AM Oct 30, 2019

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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

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