Can you use wd40 on water shut off valve?
Stuck valve: If you simply can’t turn the valve, which happens often with fixture shut-offs and old-fashioned main shut-offs, you may need to spray the valve with WD-40 and give it time to lubricate before trying again.
How do you loosen a water supply line?
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Quote from Youtube video: Line and put it right on top of the nut and then you can turn it counterclockwise to loosen in that that's up against the bottom of the faucet.
How do you lubricate a shut-off valve?
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Quote from Youtube video: And slide it up off the stem. When you pull the packing nut up you may find either a rubber washer. Or some packing material spray some oil penetrant on this thing.
How do you remove a corroded shut-off valve?
Once it is clean once again, use the hair dryer to heat the valve. Slowly warm up the body of the water valve with the hairdryer. The heat should help the valve’s body expand enough to allow the moving parts to become mobile once again. Once it warms up, use the wrench to try and loosen it.
How do you free a seized gate valve?
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Quote from Youtube video: And what I what I do to try and release a stuck gate valve is just gradually turn it a bit in a bit like. So just get it to move a bit.
How do you Unseize a water stopcock?
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Quote from Youtube video: And just turn it taking a touch right there mine's loose already. Okay this isn't time. But go as far as you can without breaking. The top off and then turn it back again.
How do you remove a stuck pipe?
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Quote from Youtube video: If you can't get the pipe fitting apart using heat try grabbing a hammer and tapping all around the outer ring of the fitting.
