Joe Kenney
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Hi all, hope you can help -- have never had such a persistent toilet tank issue. It started hissing some months ago.
First I replaced the flapper, with the basic Korky Universal. The tank still kept hissing. I put vaseline on the bottom of the flapper and used an old toothbrush to clean off the hole that the flapper covers. Still kept hissing!
Then I replaced the old Korky Quietfill Valve with a new one. Still kept hissing! If you shut the water off overnight, the water actually drains from the tank.
Then I went out and got a new Korky flapper -- this one is the "Standard" flapper, which is slightly more expensive than the Universal one. This seemed to fix the issue...for a few days. Now the tank is hissing again, and the tank will still empty overnight if you turn it off. Even if you shut the water off and the tank is mostly full, you can hear the occasional dripping sound.
I've reached the limits of my skillset with this issue. Could it be as simple as the new Quietfill valve being bad? I've checked that the valve is on the correct level -- ie lined up with the stem, or whatever it's called. I followed Korky's setup video during install. Or is there something else I can do to finally fix this hissing/tank emptying?
Thanks!
First I replaced the flapper, with the basic Korky Universal. The tank still kept hissing. I put vaseline on the bottom of the flapper and used an old toothbrush to clean off the hole that the flapper covers. Still kept hissing!
Then I replaced the old Korky Quietfill Valve with a new one. Still kept hissing! If you shut the water off overnight, the water actually drains from the tank.
Then I went out and got a new Korky flapper -- this one is the "Standard" flapper, which is slightly more expensive than the Universal one. This seemed to fix the issue...for a few days. Now the tank is hissing again, and the tank will still empty overnight if you turn it off. Even if you shut the water off and the tank is mostly full, you can hear the occasional dripping sound.
I've reached the limits of my skillset with this issue. Could it be as simple as the new Quietfill valve being bad? I've checked that the valve is on the correct level -- ie lined up with the stem, or whatever it's called. I followed Korky's setup video during install. Or is there something else I can do to finally fix this hissing/tank emptying?
Thanks!