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Soap leaks from dispenser after use

One of our manual, countertop liquid soap dispensers has developed a problem in which it leaks a significant amount of soap after each use. It will leak for a few minutes and then stop, leaving a large pool of soap in the sink. I can't seem to correct the problem and the dispenser has never done this before.

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Sounds like a bad valve in handle, might be cheaper to just replace hadle buy the same one and just put in top that way you don;t have to climb under sink and loosen bottle

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