12ax7
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A few days ago everything was fine on this old gravity flush toilet. One of my teenagers put way too much TP in the bowl and casued a severe clog. He plunged it very hard. Then I plunged it very hard. While plunging I noticed tiny bits of paper coming back up through the flapper and into the cistern. I finally got the bowl to drain. I can fill the bowl with a 5 gallon pail of water and it shoots right down the drain.
Here's the problem now. When I flush the cistern drains slowly. There seems to be a back flow that pushes up the flapper. I used a coat hanger to clean out the but the jets in the front part of the bowl still have only a bit of water flowing out of them. When I did this I got bits of paper and other gunk flowing out in small quantity. This helped but not back to original flushing power.
I took the tank off and replaced the gasket between the tank and bowl because the guy at the big box store said there might be an air leak causing a loss of vacuum. This did not improve anything.
What is the best way to fix this? I read Muriatic acid down the flapper hole might help.
Is there also a jet at the bottom of the bowl that I missed?
This is a fantastic site. Amazing resource for a guy with 2 houses and 3 kids!
Here's the problem now. When I flush the cistern drains slowly. There seems to be a back flow that pushes up the flapper. I used a coat hanger to clean out the but the jets in the front part of the bowl still have only a bit of water flowing out of them. When I did this I got bits of paper and other gunk flowing out in small quantity. This helped but not back to original flushing power.
I took the tank off and replaced the gasket between the tank and bowl because the guy at the big box store said there might be an air leak causing a loss of vacuum. This did not improve anything.
What is the best way to fix this? I read Muriatic acid down the flapper hole might help.
Is there also a jet at the bottom of the bowl that I missed?
This is a fantastic site. Amazing resource for a guy with 2 houses and 3 kids!
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