View Full Version : After Flushing it keeps refilling 3 -4 times
dixielea56
Oct 30, 2006, 11:34 AM
I replaced a flapper in the toilet and now it refills the toilet bowl several times after each flush. What is causing this and how do I fix it?
iamgrowler
Oct 30, 2006, 05:21 PM
I replaced a flapper in the toliet and now it refills the toliet bowl several times after each flush. What is causing this and how do I fix it?
Does the new flapper valve seat properly?
dixielea56
Oct 31, 2006, 10:31 AM
It appears to. I lengthened the chain to see if it was the problem but it continues to do the same thing. Is there an air seal or something I could check?
speedball1
Oct 31, 2006, 12:56 PM
Hi Dixie,
Multiple flushes occur when the flapper allows too much water to be discharged from the tank.
Did you cut the rubber ring off the flapper before you connected the flapper to the hooks on the white overflow tube? If not cut the ring off on the lines and install it again. The flapper linkage,(chain) wants to have 1/4" of play when the flapper's seated and the tank's filled. Good luck, Tom
dixielea56
Oct 31, 2006, 01:24 PM
Hi Tom,
I checked and I had removed the rubber ring off the flapper. I also adjusted the chain so it would have only the 1/4" amount of play. As I watch it flush it appears to me that the flapper is taking too long to fall to create the seal. It's almost like it is too light weight. I appreciate your help & refuse to let this flapper defeat me, so any other advise you might have would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks again, Dixie
speedball1
Oct 31, 2006, 01:51 PM
OK Dixie try this,
Lower the water level in the tank to where it just gets enough water for one flush. Cheers, Tom