Toilet bowl no longer holds water

Cummins12V98 wrote:

2oldman wrote:
Those links should have the unknown toilet in there somewhere.

Should not have to dig to reply to a question.

More fun.

2oldman wrote:
Those links should have the unknown toilet in there somewhere.

Should not have to dig to reply to a question.

Those links should have the unknown toilet in there somewhere.

" I think you gotta tell these guys what kind of potty you are dealing with."

I asked that earlier, guess it doesn't matter even tho there are several types of toilets.

More fun to answer without knowing the facts.

I replaced mine by simply holding the dump open and reaching in there and removing the old one and in a similar manner installing a new one.

BTW, I think you gotta tell these guys what kind of potty you are dealing with.

All good advice above and the seal is easy to replace on most models.

Another thing to look at is whether the seal was knocked out of position (the groove) by a toilet brush. The wife used to do this from time to time on our old Thetford toilet. Just push it back in place if that's the case.

Turn water supply off
Hold toilet ball valve open
Using your HANDS..rub dish soap on seal top/bottom as you flex it and gentle scape any crud/scale off seal (hard to damage/tear just using your hands)
Scrub top of ball valve
Then thoroughly rinse the seal & ball valve
Afterwards using your HANDS again---rub seal thoroughly with Olive Oil (or Plumbers Grease)

IF seal still doesn't hold water......time for new seal and maybe ball valve if it is scored

May get an answer if you say what the model is.

Damdifino wrote:
So do you take the rubber seal off, or do you squeeze the wire between it and the flapper?

turn the water off and hold the flapper open with your foot. i left the gasket in place and *gently* run the edge if the coat hanger (anything like that will do...pipe cleaner, flat toothpick, etc) clean the crevice.

So do you take the rubber seal off, or do you squeeze the wire between it and the flapper?