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frankthetank

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My kitchen sink seems to be leaking directly underneath the faucet neck(underside of the sink) could the faucet need total replacing or could it maybe just need a new o ring? Any help is appreciated. Thanks



You can kind of see it here in this pic
 
They might just need snugged up or they could need replaced. Hard to tell from a photo.

How old is it?

Welcome to the forum again.
 
bud16415 said:
They might just need snugged up or they could need replaced. Hard to tell from a photo.

How old is it?

Welcome to the forum again.
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Thanks😎

I'm assuming the faucet is old. Been here since we moved in 4 years ago. I removed the neck. Going to try replacing the O ring
 
Is it leaking right at the fitting? If so there are ways to fix that. such as the O ring or a new fitting.
 
Seems to be from the fitting. Just touching the bottom side of the neck brings about drops of water. I'm having a fun time tryi g to get the new o ring & neck in place.
 
I ended up going with a new faucet but I ran into an issue. The new faucet has a side sprayer where as the old one didn't. Where the side sprayer is supposed to mount on the sink there is a fitting that connects a hose to the garbage disposal and then another pipe to the dish washer. We don't use the dish washer can I just leave a piece of hose on there and clamp it off?
 
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you have 3 options
#1 drill a 1 1/4'' hole in the sink for the sprayer
#2. remove the air gap fitting, and loop hose to the garbage disposal
#3 buy a sink with 4 holes

dish hose.jpeg
 
The fourth option is too return the faucet and exchange it for a model that has a spout spray and leave the DW connection as is.
 
I ended up removing the white fitting that's at the top of the sink in the picture & just letting it hang underneath the sink to instal the sprayer. Are you saying I can just pinch off the garbage disposal hose?
 
frankthetank said:
I ended up removing the white fitting that's at the top of the sink in the picture & just letting it hang underneath the sink to instal the sprayer. Are you saying I can just pinch off the garbage disposal hose?
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When you eliminate the "white fitting", which is an airgap, you need to follow the example in post#8.
 
Nothing in particular. I use what ever is handy, plumbers tape (metal or vinyl), an 1-1/4"
1 or 2 hole elec. clamp. The important Item is the length of the screws, 5/8" MAX.
 
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