kitchen sprayer troubleshooting

jhustwit · 06-13-2010, 12:39 PM

Can anyone help me figure out what's wrong with my kitchen sprayer?

I have a price pfister kitchen sink with sprayer. the sprayer stopped working one day. No weak stream, no dribble, nothing.

I removed the diverter valve and cleaned it (it looked fine), reassembled, and the sprayer worked! An hour later, however, it stopped working again.

So I bought a new diverter valve, installed it, and the sprayer worked! until an hour later, when it didn't.

Do I need a new sprayer and hose or could it be something else? Thanks!!

Yoyizit · 06-13-2010, 12:43 PM

Could be your water heater plastic dip tube is disintegrating. Look in the aerators of sink faucets.

jhustwit · 06-13-2010, 12:45 PM

thanks. the house is fairly new, built in 2005. would that disintegrate already?

bob22 · 06-13-2010, 05:19 PM

What did you get out of clogged valve? What did it look like?

jhustwit · 06-13-2010, 06:52 PM

Hi Bob,

The valve was not clogged and there was no visible crud on it. I just removed the valve, soaked it it vinegar, rinsed it, and reassembled it.

Yoyizit · 06-13-2010, 08:43 PM

Maybe there is a Tech Bulletin from Price Pfister on this problem.

Mike Swearingen · 06-14-2010, 02:46 AM

If replacing the diverter valve and the other things that you tried didn't fix it, I would just repalce it. They are not expensive.
Good luck!
Mike

06-13-2010, 12:39 PM	#1
jhustwit Newbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3	kitchen sprayer troubleshooting Can anyone help me figure out what's wrong with my kitchen sprayer? I have a price pfister kitchen sink with sprayer. the sprayer stopped working one day. No weak stream, no dribble, nothing. I removed the diverter valve and cleaned it (it looked fine), reassembled, and the sprayer worked! An hour later, however, it stopped working again. So I bought a new diverter valve, installed it, and the sprayer worked! until an hour later, when it didn't. Do I need a new sprayer and hose or could it be something else? Thanks!!

06-13-2010, 12:43 PM	#2
Yoyizit It was a dark and stormy Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NW of D.C. Posts: 5,954	kitchen sprayer troubleshooting Could be your water heater plastic dip tube is disintegrating. Look in the aerators of sink faucets.

06-13-2010, 12:45 PM	#3
jhustwit Newbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3	kitchen sprayer troubleshooting thanks. the house is fairly new, built in 2005. would that disintegrate already?

06-13-2010, 05:19 PM	#4
bob22 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Near Philly Posts: 1,957	kitchen sprayer troubleshooting What did you get out of clogged valve? What did it look like?

06-13-2010, 06:52 PM	#5
jhustwit Newbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3	kitchen sprayer troubleshooting Hi Bob, The valve was not clogged and there was no visible crud on it. I just removed the valve, soaked it it vinegar, rinsed it, and reassembled it.

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