12-27-2014, 11:41 PM
Mix a little dish soap in some water then put a few drops on the valve stem and see if that's where it's leaking. Might be able to fix it by just replacing the valve core or putting on a good steel cap on.
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Slow leak and valve stem relacement?
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12-28-2014, 02:02 AM
(12-27-2014, 11:41 PM)sanoke_imp Wrote: Mix a little dish soap in some water then put a few drops on the valve stem and see if that's where it's leaking. Might be able to fix it by just replacing the valve core or putting on a good steel cap on.  Found this to be the case far more often than the valve stem body being bad. |
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