View Full Version : Toilet intake not filling tank fast
 
 Sebashtion
Jul 31, 2007, 04:19 PM
My toilet is running all the time so I checked the flapper and the chains handle and noticed that the water is not being pulled into the tank as fast it is filling but a very slow rate when I fill the tank with a cup it will stay filled and the water shuts off when I flush it flushes fine and starts to fill slowly 
 
                                            Thanks for your time
 XenoSapien
Jul 31, 2007, 04:26 PM
Turn off water to the toilet.  Open the ball-cock assembly, and cover the opening (where the water is to come out) with a plastic cup--hold the cup FIRMLY.  Open the water line for a few seconds to flush out the line.  Shut it off again, re-assemble the ball-cock assy', then turn your line back on.  How does it fill now?
 
XenoSapien
 Sebashtion
Jul 31, 2007, 04:34 PM
It is still filling really slow
 XenoSapien
Jul 31, 2007, 04:53 PM
Ok.  If the waterline is plastic, turn off the water line.  Get a bucket and aim the line into the bucket and turn the line on slowly.  Do you have good pressure?  
 
If it's a metal line, you may have to do something a little different, like take a short garden hose and slide it over the end of the line--CAREFUL not to let the line bend at all, and aim the hose into the toilet.  Do you have good pressure?
 
XenoSapien