Toilet water flow very slow

[tuna_fisher]

At the end of our last trip on the way home I noticed that the water at the toilet was about 1/3 flow, like it was plugged. Well I just loaded the camper prepping to leave and noticed it again, yes I forgot to look into it.The flow everywhere else is fine.How would I go about checking the line for a plug? Would blowing air thru it be possible? It still works but very slow. I have a Lance 185S Squire Lite. Thanks

[dadwolf2]

tuna fisher wrote:
My wifes purse is heavier.

If your wife's purse is anything like my wife's...try a different comparison! :W

[K_Mac]

Glad to hear everything came out all rite,,I hate when my plumbing get's "backed-up". Sorry I couldn't resist 🙂

[tuna_fisher]

Toilets back in and the water flow is working great again. Just a little hard water deposit, came right out. All's good in toilet world again....

[pjay9]

Trailgranny50...remove the flow restrictor from the hose and shower head, if can't remove with pointy tool then drill a hole in it and step up the size until you get the flow you want. They hide those restrictors in many places, sometimes at the hose ends and then in the shower hand head near the connecdtion point, may even be a screen that is plugged with goop/sand etc, clean it see if that fixes your issues...the taps have these too at the end call aerators with screens and restrictors.Hope this helps!
Don't be timid to remove them, just take note of order and direction to put it back...don't need to put all of it back either I usually just leave the screen part and clean it once a year.

[tuna_fisher]

Well I removed the toilet today and found my problem to be a calcium deposit plugging the valve, poked the hole with a peice of tie wire and it's working, now just waiting for a new seal. Great time to clorox the bathroom with the toilet removed. Sure was suprised how light those plastic toilets are.My wifes purse is heavier.

[trailgranny50]

Had that problem in the past and it was the valve where the water came into the bowl. Like someone else said just a small plastic piece, cheap and fairly easy to replace. Worked wonders. And like yet another poster, our newly installed stool has the reverse issue. Wish the shower head had that much pressure! LOL

[JoeChiOhki]

If your unit is a Thetford Aqua magic, the water line and connection is hidden in the center of the back of unit.

[tuna_fisher]

Well it's been about 4 months and a few trips and still not fixed, I do have good flow at the incoming water line so I'm going to pull the toilet in the next week and see what I come up with. I'll report my findings and won't leave you hanging. As you can tell I'm not in a real rush, want to take care now while I have time between trips. Just got back from a week at Jalama Beach under perfect conditions so I'm rested and ready to go...

[jmckelvy]

tuna fisher wrote:
Did that and got a pretty good look. Don't think it will be to hard. Will tackle when we get back. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I hope you won't hear from me about this problem again....

Please post what the problem turns out to be and the fix. Don't leave us hanging.:)

[tuna_fisher]

Did that and got a pretty good look. Don't think it will be to hard. Will tackle when we get back. Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I hope you won't hear from me about this problem again....

[Vet_Man]

Maybe a mirror would help to look behind the toilet, and see if it has a fitting you could remove. If not removing the toilet may be your only choice.

[tuna_fisher]

You know you guys lost me with half these suggestions.I have no line visible coming into the toilet like the house to take off to check flow.The incoming water is from a little white thing that's on the inside rim of the toilet, so no line to disconnect.If my other water things work great and the toilet is last in line how could it plug and others good? I'll go dig thru my paper work and see what I can find on the toilet, thanks for all your reply's.

I take that back, there is a water line in the back,can't see it but feel it, feels like pex. Don't know how I can get to it, seeing as it'e only about4" off the wall and tight to the back of toilet. It comes straight up from the floor area, not out the wall like home. I'm replaceing my WH when I get back from this 5 day trip, maybe I can see more when I pull the water heater. I'm talking the other end of the water supply line.Couldn't find any paper work on the toilet, suprised as I have for everything else.

[Old-Biscuit]

Typically a problem with water flow to an RV toilet is the toilet water valve plugging up.
Unfortunately they usually are not serviceable cause they are a sealed plastic assembly.......replace.

[AnEv942]

Wow, I wish ours was at 1/3 flow, also wish it had a stop valve, Id throttle it back till it was at 1/3 flow.
But our toilet is plumbed direct and rigid PEX line, if there was what I thought a problem in flow (too little) it would be in the toilet valve itself. Id pull line to toilet-have someone turn pump on for a second (wet bath) to see if line or toilet?