Toilet Wont hold water in bowl after gasket replacement.

[ov10mech]

I just pulled apart my SeaLand toilet and replaced all the gaskets. I followed this video https://youtu.be/vi3TRivsNlQ . While I had it on the bench I poured a bottle of water in it. It held water just fine. After I re-installed and used it a couple of times it will not hold water anymore. Here is a video of the plastic ball moving. The water is off for season so I cant show much. It holds water for about a minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3gdeUQS7M



What is the next troubleshooting step? I am thinking replace the ball with this kit ->
http://a.co/6Yet91M

[Gjac]

TenOC wrote:
I had the same problem. Replaced seal twice still leaked. Then I use some toilet bowl cleaner. The cleaner dissolved the "lime" around the ball. I could see it bubbling around the ball. Now for the past 4 months it work fine

I had this same problem with hard water deposits that I had to scrape and clean off. These were brown and very hard. Used a scraper first then steel wool to remove the rest of the buildup. The old seal worked well after the clean up.

[ksg5000]

Next time you remove the toilet check the closing mechanism - years ago when I changed the seals I incorrectly re-attached the linkage that handled the foot pedal and that prevented it from closing completely. Mine held water on the bench as well.

[ov10mech]

Thanks for all the comments. I will try some of these tricks.

[gkainz]

ov10mech wrote:
I just pulled apart my SeaLand toilet and replaced all the gaskets. I followed this video https://youtu.be/vi3TRivsNlQ . While I had it on the bench I poured a bottle of water in it. It held water just fine. After I re-installed and used it a couple of times it will not hold water anymore. Here is a video of the plastic ball moving. The water is off for season so I cant show much. It holds water for about a minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3gdeUQS7M



What is the next troubleshooting step? I am thinking replace the ball with this kit ->
http://a.co/6Yet91M

hard to tell for sure on that video but it looks like it's not closing completely?

[TenOC]

I had the same problem. Replaced seal twice still leaked. Then I use some toilet bowl cleaner. The cleaner dissolved the "lime" around the ball. I could see it bubbling around the ball. Now for the past 4 months it work fine

[ksg5000]

2oldman wrote:
Replace the entire toilet. That's the step that will work.

x2

New toilet ain't that expensive - just make sure you pay close attention to how much space you have.

[stickdog]

ov10mech wrote:
The parts guy at Camping World Advised against using any grease. However, I did spray all the gaskets and ball with Silicone spray.

That's your problem the water is slipping by.

[ov10mech]

The parts guy at Camping World Advised against using any grease. However, I did spray all the gaskets and ball with Silicone spray.

[donn0128]

Did you grease everything b3fore putting it back together? Plumbers grease works great for fixing things like that.

[2oldman]

Replace the entire toilet. That's the step that will work.

[rv2go]

Before you replace the ball, I would try tighten the band that holds the toilet together a couple of turns.