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Once the sealing surface is worn or the body is cracked, water passes between ports whatever the handle is set to, and the usual sign is water running to waste while the filter is supposedly filtering. That is the point where the valve gets replaced instead of rebuilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatch the size\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the 2 inch valve. 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