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SWBTATTReg

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1. A couple of things perhaps. One, your flapper inside the tank is not closing securely enough

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2023, 02:58 PM

Feb 2023

against the bottom of the inside tank, thus it keeps running OR there is an inside adjustment that you can make where the tank will continue to fill up w/ water until that point is reached. A floater or something like that (the floater rises w/ the water as the tank fills up, somehow it's not being recognized or your mechanism is damaged that senses the floater inside of the tank (hence since it never senses the tank being full, it keeps running).

Good luck.

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Every 40 seconds my toilet "fills". I have opened the back and manually straightened the flapper, [View all] CTyankee Feb 2023 OP

A couple of things perhaps. One, your flapper inside the tank is not closing securely enough SWBTATTReg Feb 2023 #1

Fix this quick. A bad toilet can lose hundreds of dollars of water if you ignore it. Beakybird Feb 2023 #2

Thanks, I was going to say the same thing. I called a plumber who fixed something. 5 minutes after h True Blue American Feb 2023 #7

Disconnect the chain and see if it still does it sunflowerseed Feb 2023 #3

a couple of things.... getagrip_already Feb 2023 #4

Tons of links flapper fixes IA8IT Feb 2023 #5

It could be a sign that your sewer line is blocked. OilemFirchen Feb 2023 #6

It's just not sealing between the flapper and it's seat. mobeau69 Feb 2023 #8

The plumber is here now. I should know something soon. CTyankee Feb 2023 #9

Plumber just left. He replaced all the parts in the back of the toilet. Works fine now. CTyankee Feb 2023 #10

Damn $500, I should have been a plumber. nt doc03 Feb 2023 #12

I wouldn't call him back. Pobeka Feb 2023 #13

I was just about to... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #11