sink water pressure

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   The water pressure at the sink on my 2014 179 is a trickle. I, of course, removed and cleaned the aerator...still a trickle. I removed the faucet head and the pressure was the same coming out of the hose. I found the water pump under the bed and checked the screw on filter...it was clear. The red and blue water lines are crimped at the fittings so I can't remove them to flush them out.
This has me totally perplexed since the pressure at the wash basin in the bathroom is plentiful. 
Am I missing something??
  RonnieB

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ronnieb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Topic: sink water pressure Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 3:16pm
	The water pressure at the sink on my 2014 179 is a trickle. I, of course, removed and cleaned the aerator...still a trickle. I removed the faucet head and the pressure was the same coming out of the hose. I found the water pump under the bed and checked the screw on filter...it was clear. The red and blue water lines are crimped at the fittings so I can't remove them to flush them out. This has me totally perplexed since the pressure at the wash basin in the bathroom is plentiful. Am I missing something?? RonnieB

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 3:52pm
	Humm. If you've eliminated the faucet itself and all the other lines flow properly then I guess it must be something blocking that particular water line, although you'd think that would be highly unlikely. Maybe try city water pressure on that line and see if that clears any obstructions out. Or use air pressure (not too high, maybe 40-50 psi) and see if you can blow it out. You could try blowing it out backwards from the faucet end as well.
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ronnieb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 4:49pm
	Yep, I tried city water pressure to no avail. Regarding trying to blow out any obstruction with air pressure, the only place to apply air pressure is the sink hose, but it would then force air back into the water pump and that make me nervous. There's no where to disconnect the water line because it's crimped at the fittings. What ever happened to hose clamps??

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 29 Oct 2020 at 5:12pm
	Those are Pex water lines, you can't use hose clamps on them, any more than you can on copper pipe. Pex is the future of plumbing, soon everything else will be history.. OTOH, you can just cut one line and then spice it with a push on or crimp pex fitting. Very easy, takes only seconds to do. parts readily available at you local big box.
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Kup-Pod Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 08 Jun 2017 Location: Guelph, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 153	Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 7:53am
	So I had the same problem with my hot water line on the kitchen tab... turns out there was some plastic wrapper garbage in the tank from original build that got into the line and The plastic got into the tap. Remove your valves and make sure they’re not plugged
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Badweissenbier Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 26 Oct 2019 Location: WV Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 12:27pm
	is it both hot and cold or just one or the other. if it's both then the problem is more than likely in the faucet itself

ronnieb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 4:41pm
	Thank you all for replying. Yes it is both the hot and cold with poor water pressure. Today I used my air compressor up into the cut pex on the cold side and into the faucet hose with the faucet head off. Air came out both ways. I reassembled the faucet head and tried again. The pressure was a bit better but not much. My hunch is that the aerator and the white plastic gizmo inside the faucet head is what's restricting the pressure. I guess it is what it is.

SC for Huskers Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 22 Feb 2017 Location: Goose Creek, SC Online Status: Offline Posts: 144	Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 5:34pm
	Ronnieb, On my Pod, when on city water connection or the pump, the pressure at the kitchen sink, shower, toilet, is about 1/2 of what is in the house . I'm a bit confused when you say "trickle". Would that be a Dentist drool dribble, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4/ stream? You may have what may be standard low pressure.
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ronnieb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 24 Oct 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 6:03pm
	The pressure at the kitchen sink is about 1/8 of what it is in the bathroom wash basin.

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 30 Oct 2020 at 6:24pm
	A plugged aerator is a very common problem. Crud from the tank and lines can easily clog it. Definitely try that as your next step.
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