Toilet problems!

[nutbarjo]

Hi there,

We had a leak from our close coupled push button toilet that dripped on the floor. I read that the common cause of this was the coupling kit donut washer was perished so I bought a replacement kit and dismantled the toilet to fit it. This has fixed the problem but we immediately had another problem. Upon flushing the toilet water evacuates into the pan as expected but as the water fills back up in the cistern it is running out into the pan. This seems to stop once the cistern is full but the cistern doesn't seem to fill all the way causing the inlet valve not to shut and a constant irritating drip. I assume that it is not filling all the way as it has lost some down the pan. The flow of water into the pan seems to stop if you fiddle with the syphon but next time you flush it starts again. I find it hard to believe that it has become faulty more that we have moved something??

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[secret squirrel]

Sounds like the syphon is not resetting, try taking the lid off pressing the button whilst holding the lid and see it the syphon re-sets, the push button is probably connected wrong, I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago.

 

[nutbarjo]

Hi, thanks for your reply. The push button is connected to the lid and has a simple rod attached to it that pushes down on the syphon so there is no real connection. Have flushed several times and it is not improved.

 

[secret squirrel]

Ok, what I would do then is disconnect the lid/push button, flush the toilet by manually pushing the syphon, do this quickly, push button then release. If this works the problem is to do with the push button mechanism. If it doesn't its probably the syphon may not be sitting correctly on the pan. Try the easy thing first!

I would then feel obliged to dismantle the cistern again to check my work, if all was ok, I'd replace the syphon.

Before doing that though I'd wait, someone else may have an easy solution.

 

[nutbarjo]

Yeah, I was thinking something to do with how the syphon has gone back in but not sure how. It doesn't look like it must fit a particular way unless I missed something?

 

[secret squirrel]

There is no need to take out the syphon to replace the donut washer, did you take out the syphon?

 

[nutbarjo]

Hi,

We changed the whole fixing kit as recommended somewhere else as the screws were a bit rusty and the washers worn so took of the large plastic nut that holds the syphon in place to change the fixing bracket. It stayed put until we came to refit the screw and the syphon fell out! which wasn't planned so now I presume it must have gone back on wrong to be causing these problems?

Thanks again!

 

[LM Ceramics]

Hi there,

We had a leak from our close coupled push button toilet that dripped on the floor. I read that the common cause of this was the coupling kit donut washer was perished so I bought a replacement kit and dismantled the toilet to fit it. This has fixed the problem but we immediately had another problem. Upon flushing the toilet water evacuates into the pan as expected but as the water fills back up in the cistern it is running out into the pan. This seems to stop once the cistern is full but the cistern doesn't seem to fill all the way causing the inlet valve not to shut and a constant irritating drip. I assume that it is not filling all the way as it has lost some down the pan. The flow of water into the pan seems to stop if you fiddle with the syphon but next time you flush it starts again. I find it hard to believe that it has become faulty more that we have moved something??

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

might be a silly question but is your inlet touching the cistern if so it will not cut the water off i had the same problem when fitting a toilet

 

[nutbarjo]

Hi, Thanks for your reply. The inlet is clear of the cistern. I think it is directly related to the syphon issue.