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I got a call today from a friend of a friend who needed a toilet reset. I was told that it was leaking on the floor. So I went over and started looking at the toilet thinking an easy toilet reset; no big deal. There was water on the floor when I got there. The floor is tile and doesn't show where water was coming from very well, but it the caulking was perfect around the base of the toilet. I wound up pulling to the toilet, but there was nothing obvious. The wax was stuck to both the flange and the bottom of the toilet. I figured out that the canister was splashing when the toilet was flushed. The water was running down the underside of the lid and down the back of the toilet on to the floor. I have never seen this before. Now, I don't do a lot of service, but this is just frustrating engineering if all of these toilets do this.
In the pics below, you can see where water splashes on the bottom of the tank lid. I left the tank lid out in the sun for a little while to get it dry, then flushed it as gently as I could. This is what it did. But when you actually press on the handle (as anyone really would, especially the 8 and 11 year old kids around there), it splashes a good amount of water up on the lid.
I wound up replacing the flush valve with a flapper and that seems to have fixed it.
Anyway, just thought I'd share.
In the pics below, you can see where water splashes on the bottom of the tank lid. I left the tank lid out in the sun for a little while to get it dry, then flushed it as gently as I could. This is what it did. But when you actually press on the handle (as anyone really would, especially the 8 and 11 year old kids around there), it splashes a good amount of water up on the lid.
I wound up replacing the flush valve with a flapper and that seems to have fixed it.
Anyway, just thought I'd share.