Leaking faucet, how do i fix it?

Question

i have two problems.

1. water is leaking out from the cold faucet. I unscrewed the plastic cover, it looks fine, but i can see the water coming out from the iron thing. I suppose the only solution is the replace the whole thing? but the whole thing seems to be glued to the sink.

2. water is dripping down under the sink around this twisted plastic tube. ( i don't know the proper name for those things.) i can see mineral kind of things accumulating around one black plastic circle kind of thing. i think that this should be an easy fix, what should I buy? should just buy that one thing or replace the whole plastice tube, etc?

thanks.

Answer 1

call a plumber

Answer 2

Unless this faucet is near and dear to your heart, just replace it.  Be sure to replace it with a good one, because the cheap plastic ones only seem to last two or three years.  Your faucet isn't glued to the countertop, it's just attached via two or three plastic nuts.  You have to get directly below the faucet (where the water connections are) and you should see what you need to remove to get the old faucet off.  There is a special wrench called a basin wrench that you can use or you can just use some pliers.  They can be very tight and hard to remove though since you won't have much room.  Be sure you turn the water off before you do any work....