This is a Jacuzzi 1.6 gallon that I picked up at a box store for one of my apartments. For the life of me, I cannot seem to eliminate a small seepage of water from around the right hand side rubber washer/bolt combo that fixes the tank to the commode. I have jerked the tank off twice and replaced the rubber washers inside the tank. The large gasket seems to be okay and there is not evidence of a leak there. The whole thing is a real pain because the tank is up flush/tight against the back wall and thus, I have to pull to entire commode up in order to remove the tank. I was thinking about emptying the tank and drying it out then applying a silicon water sealant all around the tops of the slotted bolts, etc inside the tank. Would that be a solution? Thanks.
Never over tighten any hardware on toilets just put them together a little snug then turn the water on , if it leaks just tighten very little till it stops.
Most people that install their own toilets over tighten everything.
try removing the bolt & rubber washer & use a wax ring or the part of & rub it around the china in the area of the leak then put some on the bolt & washer then reinstall. i have had this happen to me as well good luck.
try removing the bolt & rubber washer & use a wax ring or the part of & rub it around the china in the area of the leak then put some on the bolt & washer then reinstall. i have had this happen to me as well good luck.
I didn't observe any burrs around the edges. The tank is sitting about 1/16" off of the saddle of the commode itself. I haven't been over yet today in order to see if the leak has abated. Nobody so far is advocating for my silicon fix...
Just a thought.
I have seen on some of the bolt/washer packages that i have bought in the past, the instructions call for a metal washer to be put on the bolt first, then a rubber washer. I looked at the instructions a few times just to make sure i had it like they said, so I tried putting it together like that. Needless to say, a metal washer against a bolt (even with a rubber washer under it) will leak-not much, but just enough to drive a person crazy trying to figure out what he did wrong. I added extra rubber washers between the metal washer and the bolt, then the rubber washer under the metal washer-- problem solved. Granted, these were el-cheapo sets made in singapore, but they were all i could find on a holiday. The instructions from overseas sometimes lose a bit when being translated. Not saying that's your problem, but i thought there might be an outside chance you bought one of those funky sets that i got.
The instructions are absolutely confounding! I thought the guy at the box store in the plumbing area was going to end up in a fetal position trying to grasp them. Let me make sure I understand you: You sandwich the metal washer between two rubber washers then tighten it all down from underneath with the bolt. And that was the fix?
I think the metal washer is intended to aide in uniformly compressing the rubber washer. The rubber washer is always (should be) very snug to the threads. Once a little pressure is applied during tightening from the bottom the rubber washer compresses/expands slightly and fills the threads as well as sealing itself to the clay tank (inside).
Understood. You know this looks like a pretty decent water closet, but it is after all a box store product. I wondering after all if maybe the right side hole might be a tad larger then by design.
When it comes to plumbing-I try to too, but like i said, it was all i could find on a holiday
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