Intermittent water leak issue
The bathroom cold water faucet leaks underneath whenever I turn on the water heater - in either gas or electric mode. It’s seems to be happening intermittently though. Any help with this would be appreciated.
ernie1 wrote:
drsteve; The dump valve was dripping externally onto the blacktop parking lot and I tried to push it in further to stop it with no luck. So I in an attempt to free it, I pulled and pushed with of course, the cap on the end of the discharge line firmly twisted on when all of a sudden the seal popped out of place and the liquid stuff started coming out between the two valve pieces. No, I was not trying to dump black water onto the black top in the middle of the parking lot. I know, of course, this wasn't implied!
ernie1 wrote:
drsteve; The dump valve was dripping externally onto the blacktop parking lot and I tried to push it in further to stop it with no luck. So I in an attempt to free it, I pulled and pushed with of course, the cap on the end of the discharge line firmly twisted on when all of a sudden the seal popped out of place and the liquid stuff started coming out between the two valve pieces. No, I was not trying to dump black water onto the black top in the middle of the parking lot. I know, of course, this wasn't implied!
ernie1 wrote:
Dave H M: Reguiar so called plumbers grease is a petroleum product and will swell and eventually destroy any rubber products. One should instead use silicone grease which will not react with rubber. Guess how I know? It's a shame that plumbers grease uses that name because it can be very misleading. Used plumbers grease for years. on the dump valves on my rv and constantly fought them cause the seals had swelled and made the valves hard to pull. At one point I pulled the handle so hard the seal popped out of place and I had a real mess draining onto the black top at a Walmart store in New Mexico.
ernie1 wrote:
Dave H M: Reguiar so called plumbers grease is a petroleum product and will swell and eventually destroy any rubber products. One should instead use silicone grease which will not react with rubber. Guess how I know? It's a shame that plumbers grease uses that name because it can be very misleading. Used plumbers grease for years. on the dump valves on my rv and constantly fought them cause the seals had swelled and made the valves hard to pull. At one point I pulled the handle so hard the seal popped out of place and I had a real mess draining onto the black top at a Walmart store in New Mexico.
