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Strange behavior with the toilet condor_222 10-20-2007
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Posted by on October 20, 2007, 10:54 am
Hello,

I have an older toilet. A few years ago, I
changed all the parts inside the tank. It
has worked fine since then. Until now.

Lately, it has an odd pattern. I flush the
toilet. The tank and bowl refill fine.
I've watched them.

Then I come back next time. And the bowl is
almost empty!

And, it only seems to happen intermittently.

It's really bizarre.

Does anyone have any idea what might be
causing this, and the solution?

Thanks a lot!


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Posted by on October 20, 2007, 11:09 am
On Oct 20, 10:54 am, condor_...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an older toilet. A few years ago, I
> changed all the parts inside the tank. It
> has worked fine since then. Until now.
>
> Lately, it has an odd pattern. I flush the
> toilet. The tank and bowl refill fine.
> I've watched them.
>
> Then I come back next time. And the bowl is
> almost empty!
>
> And, it only seems to happen intermittently.
>
> It's really bizarre.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what might be
> causing this, and the solution?

I don't know what you mean by "older toilet" but if
it's anything like the conventional home toilet, you
obviously have a leaking rubber stopper. The refill
valve/float assembly is also very likely in need of
replacement since it does not respond to the drop
in water level as the water seeps out.

You can get all this stuff for under $10 probably
and install it yourself.



Posted by Jeff Wisnia on October 20, 2007, 11:20 am
floresrikitic@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Oct 20, 10:54 am, condor_...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have an older toilet. A few years ago, I
>>changed all the parts inside the tank. It
>>has worked fine since then. Until now.
>>
>>Lately, it has an odd pattern. I flush the
>>toilet. The tank and bowl refill fine.
>>I've watched them.
>>
>>Then I come back next time. And the bowl is
>>almost empty!
>>
>>And, it only seems to happen intermittently.
>>
>>It's really bizarre.
>>
>>Does anyone have any idea what might be
>>causing this, and the solution?
>
>
> I don't know what you mean by "older toilet" but if
> it's anything like the conventional home toilet, you
> obviously have a leaking rubber stopper. The refill
> valve/float assembly is also very likely in need of
> replacement since it does not respond to the drop
> in water level as the water seeps out.
>
> You can get all this stuff for under $10 probably
> and install it yourself.
>
>


He said BOWL, fella, NOT tank.....(Do you know the difference?)

Because you say it's intermittant, I'm skeptical about others'
suggestions that it's a wet strip of "something" syphoning the bowl, or
a crack bypassing the trap.

I'd think more likely it's a clogged vent stack and draining something
elsewhere in the house is "sucking" the water out of that toilet bowl.

HTH,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.

Posted by on October 20, 2007, 11:44 am
> floresriki...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > On Oct 20, 10:54 am, condor_...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >>Hello,
>
> >>I have an older toilet. A few years ago, I
> >>changed all the parts inside the tank. It
> >>has worked fine since then. Until now.
>
> >>Lately, it has an odd pattern. I flush the
> >>toilet. The tank and bowl refill fine.
> >>I've watched them.
>
> >>Then I come back next time. And the bowl is
> >>almost empty!
>
> >>And, it only seems to happen intermittently.
>
> >>It's really bizarre.
>
> >>Does anyone have any idea what might be
> >>causing this, and the solution?
>
> > I don't know what you mean by "older toilet" but if
> > it's anything like the conventional home toilet, you
> > obviously have a leaking rubber stopper. The refill
> > valve/float assembly is also very likely in need of
> > replacement since it does not respond to the drop
> > in water level as the water seeps out.
>
> > You can get all this stuff for under $10 probably
> > and install it yourself.
>
> He said BOWL, fella, NOT tank.....(Do you know the difference?)

Sheesh fella, speaking of bowl, who pissed in your corn flakes this
morning? Believe it or not, I am not perfect.

> (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
> The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight

So, I'm 1.778*10^10 angstroms tall. Looky, I have a calculator too!:)


Posted by Mark Anderson on October 20, 2007, 7:49 pm
In article jwisnia@conversent.net says...
> I'd think more likely it's a clogged vent stack and draining something
> elsewhere in the house is "sucking" the water out of that toilet bowl.

I had this happen but the vent stack wasn't clogged, rather the vent
stack was being used as a roof drain. During heavy rains so much water
went down the vent stack through the poop pipe that it would suck the
water out of all toilets in the building. I fixed this by raising the
vent stack so that rain water would drain through it any more.



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