Vinegar cures leaky toilet

So how much vinegar is a couple of glugs?

I tried CLR as a replacement for vinegar but it made the pickles taste funny :)

After reading a thread on one of these forums I started using CLR which is designed to remove mineral deposits. I think it works better than vinegar alone. JMO

Thanks for the tip. My gasket is 16 years old and started leaking last year. After cleaning with a tool that I made to remove toilet paper from the groove, which always worked in the past and several other tricks including olive oil it still would not hold water I took it apart and cleaned it with a scrubbie to get the scale off. The housing where it sits and the slide I had to scrape with a putty knife to get the scale off. It now holds water again but next time I will try the vinegar. Maybe a good Idea to use the vinegar one a year just as a preventive measure.

YES vinegar is a great cleaner. You should reclean the complete seal top, sides, bottom and blade/ball toilet valve giving it a good scrub with that vinegar.

Rinse and then coat seal & blade/ball valve with plumbers grease or olive oil......not vaseline. Vaseline is petroleum based and will deteriorate the seal.
Non of the toilet mfg. recommend vaseline----even state not to use

Vinegar is also good for cleaning scale off faucets, toilet bowls and build up inside WH

Olive oil seemed to help mine.. for a while. i'll have to try the vinegar. Thanks.

That is a great cure. I learned if from a good friend who swears by it. And it does work...I just don't tell him how well it works...neither of us like to be one-upped by the other :)
I used to replace the gasket in our toilet about twice a year (fulltiming). So much that I got really good at cleaning the calcium off the old one and just alternating. I can't remember the last time I replaced the gasket since vinegar.

That is interesting. I guess the calcification was basic and the mild acid melted it. Thanks for the tip.

X2 - great tip thanks...

Good tip, thanks.