Water siphons out of toilets

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Bravo50

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I own a 12 unit, 3 story walk up apartment building. There are 4 suites on each floor. 2 suites on each side of the building have back to back plumbing.
In one of the suites the tenant reports that she will hear a loud gurgling sound and then all of the water in her toilet will suck out. I have been there and observed that there was only about 1 inch of water left in her toilet. She is not reporting any clogging or restricted flow problems. I pulled the toilet and found nothing unusual. I went onto the roof and ran a snake down all of the vents.
The toilet is an American Standard. Any suggestions as to what could be causing this?
 

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I'm guessing that the toilet with the issue is on a lower level. , If so, It sounds like a partial blockage. The pipe fill with water downstream of the problem toilet and then slowing will syphon the water from the bowl
 

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I failed to mention that the toilet in question is on the top floor of the 3 story building.

It still sounds like a partial blockage somewhere or blobked vent(i don't know how that could happen, unless something nested in the vent). It has to be a venting issue.

The other thing you may want to check is, how long has this been happening? and if someone on the lower levels is draining a abnormally large volume of water at once
 
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