Southern Man
DIY Hillbilly
This one's got me stumped.
This is the last of the Moen bath faucets in the house that I have occupied for over 11 years. I've had to replace all of them except this one. It's in a basement 1/2 bath and drains to a grinder pump that only serves that bathroom, pumping up to the public sewer.
The pump float was hanging up so I shook the vent pipe to cycle it, then ran cold water from the faucet for 2 hours to clean out the sump, checking on it about every 15 minutes. I could also hear the pump cycling as normal during this time. On my last check there was water on the floor so I shut off the faucet, cleaned up the water (the vanity floor was soaked). I found the leak coming from the hole in the vanity top, down the stop operator rod.
The leak stops when I turn off the faucet, and runs 2 or 3 drops per second when I turn on the hot or cold water.
Where could the leak possibly be coming from?
This is the last of the Moen bath faucets in the house that I have occupied for over 11 years. I've had to replace all of them except this one. It's in a basement 1/2 bath and drains to a grinder pump that only serves that bathroom, pumping up to the public sewer.
The pump float was hanging up so I shook the vent pipe to cycle it, then ran cold water from the faucet for 2 hours to clean out the sump, checking on it about every 15 minutes. I could also hear the pump cycling as normal during this time. On my last check there was water on the floor so I shut off the faucet, cleaned up the water (the vanity floor was soaked). I found the leak coming from the hole in the vanity top, down the stop operator rod.
The leak stops when I turn off the faucet, and runs 2 or 3 drops per second when I turn on the hot or cold water.
Where could the leak possibly be coming from?
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