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My toilet makes this fast loud running noise, and then stops?
This drives me crazy, someone said it was unbalanced. What do you think?
10 Answers
- car dudeLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
put a drop of food coloring in the tank at night. if you find colored water in the bowl in the morning the flapper seal is bad. if you replace the flapper and it continues to run, the seat that the flapper seals against is bad. water will wear that out over the years of use. if you're handy shut off the water to the tank, flush the toilet, sponge out the tank, unbolt the tank, turn it over and undo the stand pipe/ flapper assembly and replace it. replace the fill valve assembly while you have it apart and the bolt kit for mounting the tank. you can get kits to do this at home improvement stores for under $40.00. to see if you can do this go to the home center and ask to see the items and instructions. then you can decide whether or not to get a plumber. good luck.
Source(s): rebuilt more than i'd care to - 1 decade ago
It is not unbalanced, just drop your water leveler 3 mm and you should be fine. What is actually happening is that the water flows slowly into the drain lifting your water leveler and requesting more water to fill the tank since it is not completely full. Once you drop your leveler the tank will think it is full because it no longer loses water to the excess drain pipe.
- 1 decade ago
Much better then a slow gurgling sound! Most likely the valve that controls the water flow is making the noise as the water passes thru it. Try adjusting it all the way open. (usually behind the camode on the wall)
Source(s): Brother in Law is a master plumber - 4 years ago
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- 1 decade ago
It is the water filling the void between the toilet water level and tank get a new toilet or live with it.
- 1 decade ago
COULD USE MORE INFO TO ANSWER, BUT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS: THE TUBE IN THE OVERFLOW PIPE MAY BE BELOW THE WATER LINE JUST A LITTLE BIT, RAISE IT A LITTLE, THE FLAPPER MAY BE OLD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, IF YOUR FINGERS GET BLACK WHEN YOU TOUCH IT, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, IF YOU HAVE A FLUID MASTER THAT HAS BEEN THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS CHECK THE SEAL/DIAPHRAGM IN THE TOP THEY GET HARD AND MAY CAUSE WHAT YOU HEAR. IF YOU HAVE A BALL MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T LEAK.
- Blue Rose ThornLv 61 decade ago
Years ago, I had the exact same problem with my toilet, but the problem was that the flapper valve in it was getting old and brittle. After I replaced the flapper valve on my toilet, I no longer had that problem.
Source(s): Experience - Anonymous1 decade ago
evertime the water gets low it has to fill back up.change the insides