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Old 02-17-2016, 10:12 AM   #1
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Got video of the leak! How do I fix it?

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Old 02-17-2016, 10:27 AM   #2
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Looks like the cold water line is leaking. Even though it's dripping near the bend, the leak is probably at the faucet nut. Have you tried tightening it up a little? You may need a basin wrench to reach it.
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Old 02-17-2016, 10:28 AM   #3
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Hard to tell from the video if the red (hot) line is leaking and dripping off the blue (cold) line or if the blue line is the one leaking.

Have you tried to tighten the faucet nuts?
If so, have you removed them and looked for a piece if debris that would keep them from sealing completely.
If the line nuts aren't leaking is it possible to see if the drips are coming directly from the faucet where the nuts screw on? Maybe the faucet is cracked?

Just some suggestions. Hope you get it fixed.
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I haven't tried anything yet because we couldn't find the leak. Thanks for the info. I will try to figure out how to check on and fix the things mentioned. I think the water is actually from the hot water line....but of course I'm not positive.
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Old 02-17-2016, 10:32 AM   #5
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After looking at it a second time it could be the hot water leaking onto the cold water line. Same advice as first time and as 5Picker gave.
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Old 02-17-2016, 10:34 AM   #6
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Another thought...

I realize it's tough to see back in there but one of the lines could be leaking at an elbow (or the elbow itself is cracked) and depending on the slope of the line, it could be running back along the line and just dripping there where the two lines touch.

You are probably going to need to remove as much stuff inside that cabinet as possible to get in there to figure it out. Being a contortionist helps!
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Old 02-17-2016, 10:45 AM   #7
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I'll get right on that
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Old 02-17-2016, 10:49 AM   #8
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If your water heater is on, run the faucet until it gets hot, shut the faucet off and feel the temp of the drip. That should tell you which one it is.
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If your water heater is on, run the faucet until it gets hot, shut the faucet off and feel the temp of the drip. That should tell you which one it is.
As far as we can see, it only drips when the hot water heater is on. That's why I think that it is the hot water line that's dripping. It's very odd. Our RV is under warranty and it's been to CW but they couldn't even find the leak....much less fix it.
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The cold water line appears to be pushing on the hot water line and stressing the connection at the nut or a possible crack in the fitting.
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Old 02-17-2016, 11:11 PM   #11
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The cold water line appears to be pushing on the hot water line and stressing the connection at the nut or a possible crack in the fitting.
I think Tiggerdad is on to something, all of the pipe, fittings and probably the faucet are plastic, it does not take much stress on them to make a leak. It may be the water getting hot is expanding the pipe enough to open the leak up, ether cracked fitting or faucet, or even loosening a fitting. I would remove the pipe and faucet and and look for cracks on both, then reinstall with the cold pipe to the back away from the sink bowl to keep off the stress. I have seen many weird water leaks in my 30 years of plumbing so all i can say is,
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Old 02-17-2016, 11:37 PM   #12
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You need to get those two apart and somehow see/feel above to find the source of the water. You've found a symptom, but not your actual issue.

Keep contortionisting.
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Old 02-18-2016, 01:46 PM   #13
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So last night, we messed around with it a little and my husband turned something (because you can't have your arm and your eyes in the cabinet at the same time lol) and the leak is now much less than it was before but still a slight leak. He will have to do whatever he did last night again tonight and hopefully the leak stops.
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You nailed the issue you said only happened when hot water is on. The facet nut washer is not compressed enough, when hot it shrinks and leaks. Tighten it when hot. Hand tight, as tight as you can make it should work. As others said separate the line as well, could be the cause of misaligned fitting.
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Old 02-20-2016, 11:18 AM   #15
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You nailed the issue you said only happened when hot water is on. The facet nut washer is not compressed enough, when hot it shrinks and leaks. Tighten it when hot. Hand tight, as tight as you can make it should work. As others said separate the line as well, could be the cause of misaligned fitting.
Will try this today. Thanks!
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Old 02-20-2016, 01:44 PM   #16
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I think we fixed it! We can't see anymore water leaking and the water seems to be staying hot too! Will be taking a shower soon to confirm. SO excited!
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And you fixed it how?��
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And you fixed it how?��
We let some water out through the relief valve on the outside portion of the water heater. Under the kitchen sink, we hand tightened something until it just didn't leak anymore. I don't know what we hand tightened though bc we can't get our head and arm under there at the same time to see while we are tightening.
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Old 02-29-2016, 06:50 PM   #19
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We have fixed it! Thanks everyone who responded.

The leak was a matter of the connectors for the hot water line not being tightened enough.

The hot water being lukewarm was because the bypass valve was not fully opened.

As this time, both issues are 100% resolved!
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Thanks for letting us know, glad your good now.
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