I have a shutoff valve that gets a pin size amount of a water bubble around
one spot of the threads on the inlet side when I run a few minutes of hot
water to the sink. It does not leak any other time. Do I dare attempt to
tighten the nut (probably compression) or leave it alone as there is no
steady leak?

Actually, I am confused as to why it would only leak once the pipe heats up
with a run of hot water?

Thanks for your time and input.

Ben

Tighten it slightly. Will probably fix it.


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I have a shutoff valve that gets a pin size amount of a water bubble around
one spot of the threads on the inlet side when I run a few minutes of hot
water to the sink. It does not leak any other time. Do I dare attempt to
tighten the nut (probably compression) or leave it alone as there is no
steady leak?

Actually, I am confused as to why it would only leak once the pipe heats
up with a run of hot water?

Thanks for your time and input.

Ben

Ben wrote:

I have a shutoff valve that gets a pin size amount of a water bubble around
one spot of the threads on the inlet side when I run a few minutes of hot
water to the sink. It does not leak any other time. Do I dare attempt to
tighten the nut (probably compression) or leave it alone as there is no
steady leak?

Actually, I am confused as to why it would only leak once the pipe heats up
with a run of hot water?

Thanks for your time and input.

Ben


Hi,
How about redoing it with some Teflon tape?
Tony

I've thought about redoing it with some tape, but never had much luck with
reusing a compression fitting.

I'll probably try giving it a little snug while holding the shutoff valve
tight so the outlet compression fitting does not move.

Any comments on why it only leaks under the hight hot water temperature?

Thanks for the reply,

Ben

Ben wrote:
I've thought about redoing it with some tape, but never had much luck
with reusing a compression fitting.

I'll probably try giving it a little snug while holding the shutoff
valve tight so the outlet compression fitting does not move.

Any comments on why it only leaks under the hight hot water
temperature?

Different materials expand and contract at different rates.


Thanks for the reply,

Ben

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