The water was leaking from the bowl of our toilet and we were getting "phantom flushes"...water was also seen trickling into bowl....SO, we replaced the whole toilet as it was pretty darn old. We put in a new wax ring, installed the toilet correctly as far as we can tell... and now the water leaks out of the NEW toilet bowl. This toilet doesn't have the water come into the bowl from the sides....from what I can tell, it comes in from the bottom of the bowl? So, the water level drops a bit after a flush, and then rises again with a mini phantom flush and the water level rises from the bottom of the bowl. Could this be due to a cracked flange or something? I can't imagine the same seal is bad like the old toilet, as this is one is brand new! Any advice would be helpful! Thank you! Janelle

Fr_Chuck

first do you normally replace your entire car when a battery is bad??

if you merely had water leading into the bowl, that is merely the flapper issue, about a 2 dollar fix. you double check of course by putting alittle food color in the tank, and if it leaks into the bowl, you know that your flapper sealing is bad.

Where iis the water leaking, from the tank into the floor, still leaking from tank into the bowl, or where exactly

doug238

how far below the water level is the small tube that refills the bowl through the overflow?

zephyrite

Yes, there was water leaking into the bowl, and I know I could've replaced the flapper, but the reason for replacing the toilet was that the water level in the bowl kept leaking down to the point where there was no water in the bowl at all. There was no water on the floor, or anywhere else, it was just leaking down the drain. This problem, plus the water leaking into the bowl were enough issues to make us decide it was probably time to just replace the ugly, mineral stained, 30 year old toilet anyway.
Thank you, doug238...we adjusted the float so the water level in the tank was lower, and that seems to have done the trick. This new toilet is a bit different from the kind I'm used to. Even though the water wasn't going over into the overflow tube, the level of water in the tank still mattered, apparently.
It seems our problem is solved, thank you for your help!