Hello All. I'm new to posting on the forum but visit frequently when performing plumbing projects!
We just moved into a "new," older house and determined, the hard way (clogged and overflow), that the toilet has a leak from the tank to the bowl. I've done the food coloring test to determine. The "insides" were quite old so I decided to change everything out. New fill valve, flush valve, seat gasket...everything. I still have a much slower leak (determined again by the food coloring test). I've read somewhere that it could be "siphoning" of the fill valve... Could that cause food coloring to get into the bowl? Any other ideas of what may be causing this? I'm to the point of thinking it may be a slight crack somewhere near the flush valve and just replacing the entire toilet (probably my irrational thinking checking in).
Thanks!
CR
We just moved into a "new," older house and determined, the hard way (clogged and overflow), that the toilet has a leak from the tank to the bowl. I've done the food coloring test to determine. The "insides" were quite old so I decided to change everything out. New fill valve, flush valve, seat gasket...everything. I still have a much slower leak (determined again by the food coloring test). I've read somewhere that it could be "siphoning" of the fill valve... Could that cause food coloring to get into the bowl? Any other ideas of what may be causing this? I'm to the point of thinking it may be a slight crack somewhere near the flush valve and just replacing the entire toilet (probably my irrational thinking checking in).
Thanks!
CR