Delta Kitchen Faucet/Sprayer Problem

Posted by DemoDisk on May 21, 2009, 12:40 am

Hi, all;

I've gotten good answers here before, but I haven't posted in a long
time.

This one should be easy -- We installed a Delta combination kitchen
faucet/sprayer a while back, and for months it worked perfectly. When I
used the sprayer, the tap would stop completely and divert the flow
entirely to the sprayer.

Not any more; now the tap stays on at reduced flow and the force of the
sprayer is much less.

Can someone tell me what caused the change in the way the Delta works
and how I can fix it? It has to be a problem nearly everyone
experienced sometime.

Thanks,
JPM

Posted by Tony Hwang on May 21, 2009, 12:54 am

DemoDisk wrote:

> Hi, all;
>
> I've gotten good answers here before, but I haven't posted in a long
> time.
>
> This one should be easy -- We installed a Delta combination kitchen
> faucet/sprayer a while back, and for months it worked perfectly. When I
> used the sprayer, the tap would stop completely and divert the flow
> entirely to the sprayer.
>
> Not any more; now the tap stays on at reduced flow and the force of the
> sprayer is much less.
>
> Can someone tell me what caused the change in the way the Delta works
> and how I can fix it? It has to be a problem nearly everyone
> experienced sometime.
>
> Thanks,
> JPM
>
>

Hi.
Most likely you need a diverter.
You have to take tap apart to get at it. Pull old one out and install
new one. HD, or Lowe will have it. Costs ~5.00.

Posted by Colbyt on May 21, 2009, 7:43 am

> DemoDisk wrote:

>> Hi, all;
>> I've gotten good answers here before, but I haven't posted in a long
>> time.
>> This one should be easy -- We installed a Delta combination kitchen
>> faucet/sprayer a while back, and for months it worked perfectly. When I
>> used the sprayer, the tap would stop completely and divert the flow
>> entirely to the sprayer.
>> Not any more; now the tap stays on at reduced flow and the force of the
>> sprayer is much less.
>> Can someone tell me what caused the change in the way the Delta works
>> and how I can fix it? It has to be a problem nearly everyone
>> experienced sometime.
>> Thanks,
>> JPM

> Hi.
> Most likely you need a diverter.
> You have to take tap apart to get at it. Pull old one out and install new
> one. HD, or Lowe will have it. Costs ~5.00.

The actual part that does the function hides inside the round stem.

You have to remove the spigot to get to it. Just a simple neoprene part.

Colbyt

Posted by jeff_wisnia on May 21, 2009, 4:53 pm

Colbyt wrote:

>>DemoDisk wrote:

>>>Hi, all;
>>>I've gotten good answers here before, but I haven't posted in a long
>>>time.
>>>This one should be easy -- We installed a Delta combination kitchen
>>>faucet/sprayer a while back, and for months it worked perfectly. When I
>>>used the sprayer, the tap would stop completely and divert the flow
>>>entirely to the sprayer.
>>>Not any more; now the tap stays on at reduced flow and the force of the
>>>sprayer is much less.
>>>Can someone tell me what caused the change in the way the Delta works
>>>and how I can fix it? It has to be a problem nearly everyone
>>>experienced sometime.
>>>Thanks,
>>>JPM

>>Hi.
>>Most likely you need a diverter.
>>You have to take tap apart to get at it. Pull old one out and install new
>>one. HD, or Lowe will have it. Costs ~5.00.

>
>
>
> The actual part that does the function hides inside the round stem.
>
> You have to remove the spigot to get to it. Just a simple neoprene part.
>
>
> Colbyt
>
>

It's not always the diverter valve, though usually it is.

I had a similar problem which didn't respond to a new diverter valve.
The proximate cause turned out to be the rubber washer at the joint
between the hose and the spray head. That washer had swollen and
squeezed its center hole down to something too small to let a decent
flow pass through.

A quick whack with a hollow punch to increase the size of that center
hole in the washer and all's been well ever since.

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

Posted by Colbyt on May 21, 2009, 6:10 pm

> It's not always the diverter valve, though usually it is.
> I had a similar problem which didn't respond to a new diverter valve. The
> proximate cause turned out to be the rubber washer at the joint between
> the hose and the spray head. That washer had swollen and squeezed its
> center hole down to something too small to let a decent flow pass through.
> A quick whack with a hollow punch to increase the size of that center hole
> in the washer and all's been well ever since.
> Jeff

Ah! Just like the roto-rooter thing they do for an enlarged prostate.

Same problem--same solution. :)

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