toilet still leaking after changing flapper and valve
janerab
15 years ago
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Comments (2)My guess is that your toilet is a 1.6 gallon per flush model. (Having worked for a fixture mfg selling toilets for 15 years) This 1.6 technology is good except that EVERY toilet mfg uses a different flapper. The bowl is engineered as a 1.6 but the flapper is the metering device. (It's how long the flappper stays open.) The replacment parts in the market place have not adjusted to this. To fix ur problem u need to purchase a flapper specifically made for ur toilet. IE Kohler AM Standard Eljer etc. Find a plumbing wholesaler in your market that sells ur brandname & get the flapper from them....See MoreReplaced all the parts but toilet still leaks....I need help.
Comments (74)I removed tank again and looked closer. The bolt hole on one one side became slightly oblonged with a small liip on one end.I also removed the flapper assy and inspected that also . looked ok on mounting surface. I added clear siicone on gaskets that mounted to bottome of tank for flapper assy and bolt gaskets. let sit to dry and no ore leaks !!! thanks for your help.I should have looked closer when replacing parts but didnt think the bolt holes would would make a difference but they do !!...See MoreThree toilets leaking????
Comments (5)The tank should NOT be filling up enough to overflow water into the tube. It should shut off a little bit before it reaches the edge of the tube. If water is overflowing the tube (and the toilet sounds like it keeps running), thats a huge problem and the float on the fill valve needs to be adjusted. (Raise the float with your hand to test that it shuts off the water). If it still doesn't shut off completely, you might want to replace the fill valve (or replace the rubber gasket in the top of the valve.) Besides a plumber, you could instead get a handyman to check things out....See MoreNew toilet flapper doesn't always work
Comments (5)Thank you all. I did try, as Randy suggested, readjusting the collar, but never could make the flapper fall consistently. I guess the chain lifting it shifted it slightly with every use until it was cockeyed. I didn't put the silicone grease on it (forgot to buy it) but I think I should have some around anyway so I'll get some. What I ultimately did, and what seems to be working for the moment at least, was to buy a Flushmaster kit, yank out the the old chrome one that was in there, and follow the instructions: clean, clean, clean, dry, orient unit, press firmly, hook up chain. The old one was in the toilet 40 years ago when we moved in here, and if this one survives half that long it'll outlast me! The kit doesn't depend on the collar on the overflow tube but has the "ears". It's an integral unit so the fit should be good. I'm a little wary of plastic, but when it's good it's good, it cost $7.22 @ Big Box Store, and if it saves us wrestling that valve out of there I won't complain! I really appreciate the help and suggestions- you guys are great....See Morebrusso
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