Ann's repairs
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Hi, I bought this house 2 yrs ago with a Kohler Rialto 3402 toilet, so I don't know the age of the tank parts.
The fill valve has a small leak in it where the plastic screw housing attaches to it's plastic base, how it got a hole in the plastic I don't know, but small forceful stream of water sprays straight out from the hole when and only when it is filling the tank, no leak otherwise.
#1 ?Should I just leave the fill valve leak alone?... or is it a indication of needing to replace the plunger or O ring?
#2 ?If I should replace it, is it best to replace the entire fill valve? or do you think replacing the O ring and plunger will take care of the leak? It isn't leaking out the seem of the two assembly pieces though.
#3 Does it mean the flush valve gasket is deteriorating and needs to replaced if I scrape it with a fingernail it flakes off? probably hm? If so can I even get the gaskets anymore? It looks like there were originally two gaskets but now it looks like there is a new flush valve kit to replace the old design.
The flapper on it now has some slight deterioration on it's arms/loop ends too.
#4 ? If I do need to replace the fill valve and the flush valve kit then I'd guess it's best to then just replace everything with The Conversion Kit, would you? I'd need to take the tank off anyway to replace the fill valve right?
Thanks!
Ann
The fill valve has a small leak in it where the plastic screw housing attaches to it's plastic base, how it got a hole in the plastic I don't know, but small forceful stream of water sprays straight out from the hole when and only when it is filling the tank, no leak otherwise.
#1 ?Should I just leave the fill valve leak alone?... or is it a indication of needing to replace the plunger or O ring?
#2 ?If I should replace it, is it best to replace the entire fill valve? or do you think replacing the O ring and plunger will take care of the leak? It isn't leaking out the seem of the two assembly pieces though.
#3 Does it mean the flush valve gasket is deteriorating and needs to replaced if I scrape it with a fingernail it flakes off? probably hm? If so can I even get the gaskets anymore? It looks like there were originally two gaskets but now it looks like there is a new flush valve kit to replace the old design.
The flapper on it now has some slight deterioration on it's arms/loop ends too.
#4 ? If I do need to replace the fill valve and the flush valve kit then I'd guess it's best to then just replace everything with The Conversion Kit, would you? I'd need to take the tank off anyway to replace the fill valve right?
Thanks!
Ann
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