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Originally Posted by Mikeod
It’s been a while, but last time I had a leak8ng hose bib, all I had to do was remove the handle and replace the washer at the bottom of the valve. Have they changed?
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As I mentioned in a couple previous posts it is not the washer, the stem or the valve. I am 100% sure of that.
There is probably a bad thread on the vacuum breaker because
when the water is turned OFF there is no leak.
When the water is turned ON it leaks from the vacuum breaker thread on the hose bibb. Yes, I often leave the water ON because I have a timer that waters an area so when the timer is OFF (and the valve is opened) I get a slow leak from the vacuum breaker thread.
From what I have been reading these "vacuum breakers" have a 5-10 year life expectancy and this is 10yrs old.