Mansfield toilet so not your standard ball/flapper assembly. Looked like this (this is the original setup but taken after the first rebuild with identical parts).
Toilet started running every 10 minutes. Replaced the flush valve first, that didn't fix it. Replaced the fill valve, that didn't fix it. Replaced the tank bolts and spud gasket. That didn't fix it.
Someone on a different forum said the guts of a Mansfield are crap, get a traditional flapper/chain assembly so I did that. Second rebuild of all the parts mentioned, just in case I got a faulty part.
That didn't fix it.
Bought a flapper seal in case the inside of the tank was pitted. That didn't fix it.
Messed with the water level. That didn't fix it. Replaced the handle. That didn't fix it.
If I flush, turn the water off and add dye to the tank, dye doesn't show up ANYWHERE. It doesn't go into the bowl. There's no water on the floor. But the tank is empty in 2 hours. WHERE IS THE WATER GOING???? It's got to be going somewhere, and there's only 3 possible exits out of a toilet tank: through the fill valve which would leak onto the floor. Through the flapper or spud gasket which would leak into the bowl. Through the tank bolts which would leak onto the floor as well.
At the rate the tank loses water it's got to go someplace but it's just disappearing and can't be accounted for. And yet it runs and runs and runs.
The issue is compounded by the fact that this is an apartment and maintenance has just thrown their hands up and said "I don't know!" and left it. They refuse to replace the toilet. I've contacted a renter's advocate but as long as the toilet functions, they are not LEGALLY obligated to repair a running toilet. No plumber in my area will come to an apartment without the ok of the property manager which they obviously won't give.
I mean, it kinda functions? I have to shut the water off until I need to use the toilet, otherwise the noise is ridiculous and also keeps me awake. It runs literally every 10 minutes.
I have GOT to figure this out. Having a toilet I have to " turn on" before use is just SUCH a nice civilized way to live. I suppose I could replace it, but I'm in medicine, not plumbing, and I'm afraid of screwing up and then not having any toilet at all.
I can't replace anything else, and there doesn't seem to even BE a leak or there would be red water somewhere. Any ideas?
Toilet started running every 10 minutes. Replaced the flush valve first, that didn't fix it. Replaced the fill valve, that didn't fix it. Replaced the tank bolts and spud gasket. That didn't fix it.
Someone on a different forum said the guts of a Mansfield are crap, get a traditional flapper/chain assembly so I did that. Second rebuild of all the parts mentioned, just in case I got a faulty part.
That didn't fix it.
Bought a flapper seal in case the inside of the tank was pitted. That didn't fix it.
Messed with the water level. That didn't fix it. Replaced the handle. That didn't fix it.
If I flush, turn the water off and add dye to the tank, dye doesn't show up ANYWHERE. It doesn't go into the bowl. There's no water on the floor. But the tank is empty in 2 hours. WHERE IS THE WATER GOING???? It's got to be going somewhere, and there's only 3 possible exits out of a toilet tank: through the fill valve which would leak onto the floor. Through the flapper or spud gasket which would leak into the bowl. Through the tank bolts which would leak onto the floor as well.
At the rate the tank loses water it's got to go someplace but it's just disappearing and can't be accounted for. And yet it runs and runs and runs.
The issue is compounded by the fact that this is an apartment and maintenance has just thrown their hands up and said "I don't know!" and left it. They refuse to replace the toilet. I've contacted a renter's advocate but as long as the toilet functions, they are not LEGALLY obligated to repair a running toilet. No plumber in my area will come to an apartment without the ok of the property manager which they obviously won't give.
I mean, it kinda functions? I have to shut the water off until I need to use the toilet, otherwise the noise is ridiculous and also keeps me awake. It runs literally every 10 minutes.
I have GOT to figure this out. Having a toilet I have to " turn on" before use is just SUCH a nice civilized way to live. I suppose I could replace it, but I'm in medicine, not plumbing, and I'm afraid of screwing up and then not having any toilet at all.
I can't replace anything else, and there doesn't seem to even BE a leak or there would be red water somewhere. Any ideas?