Squeaky faucet

[Crows Nest]

ETI sent us a warranty replacement for the lavatory sink due to a really squeaky hot water faucet. After a few days the replacement is just as bad as the original. I’ve loosened the screw that fixes the handle, sprayed WD40 but no improvement. Is this just part of having a cheap plastic RV faucet?

[WillyB]

Originally Posted by Crows Nest

ETI sent us a warranty replacement for the lavatory sink due to a really squeaky hot water faucet. After a few days the replacement is just as bad as the original. I’ve loosened the screw that fixes the handle, sprayed WD40 but no improvement. Is this just part of having a cheap plastic RV faucet?

Can't say for sure but I think a $15 plastic rv faucet doesn't have the best Quality Control.

Applying a little grease on the inner and outer o-rings should help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU6xmfMAcR4

[iamunique127]

Originally Posted by Crows Nest

ETI sent us a warranty replacement for the lavatory sink due to a really squeaky hot water faucet. After a few days the replacement is just as bad as the original. I’ve loosened the screw that fixes the handle, sprayed WD40 but no improvement. Is this just part of having a cheap plastic RV faucet?

WD-40 is not really a lubricant. As WillyB says above, grease would serve you better.

[Rockhead]

Add a little Vaseline to each handle. It took care or our squeaky faucet

[SageRpod]

Our previous camper had the same faucet as the Escape and it also squeaked. We used Vaseline as well, but only stopped the squeaking for a few months. The faucet in our 5.0 was defective. I opted to replace with a better faucet from Amazon and it has been squeakless for over a year.

[Ron in BC]

Silicone grease is better.

Ron

[brroberts]

I used plumbers grease on the seals on ours. It helped, but not much. I just live with the squeak as the replacements are the same exact cheap stuff.