Spattering mixer tap

[jopedder]

Hi.

Our kitchen mixer tap works fine with the hot water, but cold water splatters everywhere and dribbles back down the spout.

I'd really appreciate help fixing this. We'll be replacing the whole kitchen within a year, so would rather not buy new taps now.

The spout end has an inner nozzle that the hot comes out of, which seems to be sprung mounted (or at least loose, it moved as I tried cleaning the spout with a bottle brush), and the cold comes from outside the ring.

I figure that if I can take it apart I may find an obvious fault, or as is often the way taking apart and putting together again fixes quite a few things!

There doesn't seem to be a way to remove the rings though; the black plastic from which the water comes out is within the main arm of the spout appears to be integral to the door - there isn't something to hold on to to unscrew it.

Without better knowledge, I'm reluctant to just apply force and pull it out with pliers. There is a joint in the spout that implies I may be able to take the end 2" of the spout off, but I'm not sure it is supposed to come apart here, or whether this would help me.

Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Jo

 

[jopedder]

Ah - just seen my picture and noticed something odd so looked at the problem with a torch. It looks like there was a removable
removable end to the tap, but it is sheared off. doubtful I'll be able to get out what remains threaded in (unless any one has a trick?). New tap me thinks.

 

[mcmoby69]

diffuser is gubbed. new tap time in my opinion.