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Using some rubber washers between the surface your fixing to and the backnut, this will give you something to tighten the nut onto without causing any damage to anything else, if this fails, try threading some PTFE tape around the taps thread, this could tighten the threads and make it slighty...

This is a common fault with quarter turn taps (lever taps). the insert just seams to be worn so that the pressure of the water slowly pushes the lever into the open postion. I agree changing the inserts is the best bet in this situation.

Hi, having the stopcock fully open wont harm it at all, like someone has said keeping it half a turn from completely open will stop in jamming with limescale. Inside the stopcock is something called a jumper, which is what the washer sit's on, this automatically closes if there is no pressure...