Moen kitchen faucet, one lever, removable handle with flexible metal hose. May be model 7385.

Has been flowing low, recently got worse. Did not measure flow rate but estimate 1/2gal/min. All other faucets, showers do much better.

Removed the faucet and noted a little better flow directly from hose, but no big deal. After some fighting with the hose slipping down the faucet body reinstalled the faucet. No change.

Wait, what if the valves below were not open all the way? Turned both all the way CW, CCW and CW, as one might do to loosen bolts. No excessive force.

Open the faucet, minimal drip, from either hot or cold, or combined. More fiddling with the valves produced more dripping, but no flow. Removing the head showed no flow from hose. Now, not even a drip.

The tubing from the valves to the faucet are plastic. No leaking is evident. This installation would be ~14 years old.

There was a small bowl in the sink that caught the water drippings. This water is dark blue / gray.

What now???? (guess: cartridge? what would playing w the valves do?)

Any help and comments would be highly appreciated.
(May skip "why don't you call somebody that knows what he's doing", already got that)

Thank you

Did you clean the little filter screen in the faucet outlet?

I was just reading your posts to the fellow with the overdeflecting garage header!

Thanks for the suggestion. I rinsed the little filter, no dice. The water is either not coming out of a) the faucet body or b) the valves.

My suspicion lies with the faucet (how could two valves fail simultaneously?), sure could use help before trying to change the cartridge and causing more grief.

Try the faucet manufacturer's website, or Google "Changing a faucet cartridge" and see what you get. I'm no help; I just draw the pictures. =)

There may be more than one screen on these faucets. Check the one where the water discharges and look for one where the hose enters the handle. If it has two, make sure both are clear. There are a number of washers aerators, etc. in there with the screens. Make sure they all go back in, in the same order they came out. Next step is to unhook the plastic lines at the valve and see if you have water at that point. After that, it's pull the cartridge and see if anything exciting is going on in there.