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Anonymous Posted on Apr 11, 2010

Flush valve doesn't stay up long enough

When flushing the toilet, the flush valve doesn't stay up long enough for the water to completely empty out of the tank. When this happens, there isn't enough water to clean toilet bowl as it is flushed.

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  • Anonymous Apr 11, 2010

    I'm confused, what is the water carrier and the toilet sitter valve? All I see is a black cylinder that lifts up and I don't see any adjustments except two holes what the chain goes. One hole is on top that pulls the cylinder up and the other is at the bottom.

  • Anonymous Apr 11, 2010

    When flushing the toilet, the flush valve doesn't stay up long enough for the water to completely empty out of the tank. When this happens, there isn't enough water to clean toilet bowl as it is flushed. The Toilet is a 1.6 gpf Kohler and the flush valve is a cylinder looking thing that allows the water to flow out of the tank. There is no adjustment on the cylinder that I know of and it's hooked to a chain to the flush handle.

  • Anonymous Apr 11, 2010

    This didn't fix the problem. This is a brand new Kohler toilet I don't think I just spend that kind of money on the toilet to spend more to get a plumber

  • Anonymous Apr 11, 2010

    When flushing the toilet, the flush valve doesn't stay up long enough for the water to completely empty out of the tank. When this happens, there isn't enough water to clean toilet bowl as it is flushed. The Toilet is a 1.6 gpf Kohler and the flush valve is a cylinder looking thing that allows the water to flow out of the tank. There is no adjustment on the cylinder that I know of and it's hooked to a chain to the flush handle.

  • Anonymous Apr 12, 2010

    Can anyone read? This is a NEW TOILET and it don't have a Pulley sheesh

  • Anonymous Apr 12, 2010

    When flushing the toilet, the flush valve doesn't stay up long enough for the water to completely empty out of the tank. When this happens, there isn't enough water to clean toilet bowl as it is flushed. The Toilet is a 1.6 gpf Kohler and the flush valve is a cylinder looking thing that allows the water to flow out of the tank. There is no adjustment on the cylinder that I know of and it's hooked to a chain to the flush handle.

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    Greg Jul 02, 2018

    I toiled with this problem for several hours. Read all of these answers. Finally looked at a picture of the inside of my toilet model. My water supply line (curved white hoe) was not inside of stand pipe coming up out of flapper. Put er in the right hole and the flush is now heavenly

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I toiled with this for hours. Read all of these answers. Finally looked at a photo of the inside of a toilet online. My water supply line was not inside of the stand pipe coming up out of the flapper. Put er in the right hole and the flush is now heavenly

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In short you need a new flush valve or if you have a new one it is not installed properly.

If old - please just replace the flush valve and flapper - this will end all problems.

If a NEW flush valve has been installed recently the answer will be to install it properly.
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Hi,the pulley system of your water closet is slacked,meaning its weak,as a result of this,the flush valve quickly returns to its rest position without enough water in the tank. you have to replace the pulley system alone,with another one,however you have to seek the assistance of a plumber for a proper installation in order for you not to get a re-occurrence of the same problem in the nearest future. Thanks and take care

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Hi, the string that connects the flush valve to the water cistern is loose, call in a plumber to tighten it up....

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    Hi, it's so simple, call in a plumber to check it....

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Hello,

the reason for this that the toilet valve have loss out from it position for the water to be able to flow out completely

what you need to do from here is that you have to open the water carrier that is behide the toilet sitter the valve will need to be adjusted down a bite from the screw that help in holding the valve for the water to be able to flow out as usual
after this then your flush valve will allow all the water to run out to flush the toilet well

Good luck and thanks for using fixya.


  • Oloyede Monsuru Apr 11, 2010

    hello,

    all water system are not of same product, am so sorry on that what i mean is that the cylinder that control the water from over flouting it Gage

    if your toilet system have just two holes from it carrier then you ill have to race the cylinder up a bite so that the water can flush out very well

    what i mean is that the cylinder need adjustment

    then if you fine out that there is no any form of adjustment in it ,you will have to change the cylinder completely

    thank you once again


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SOURCE: toilet bowl gurgles after flushing cycle

Sounds like your toilet is not vented properly. Possilbly something caught in the trap is causing it to syphon

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  • Posted on Apr 11, 2009

SOURCE: Toilet won't shut off

Does it leak from the overflow? If so then the washer at the top of the Fluidmaster needs to be replaced. If it is not going over the overflow then you will need to replace the flapper on the flush valve.

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  • Posted on Mar 28, 2011

SOURCE: My Mansfield toilet flushes but

Check the water level int he tank for it coming up to fill line in tank. Make sure the 1/4 " fill line from the fill valve is connected and in the stand pipe tube to allow water to fill bowl. Fluid master makes a flapper that has adjustments on it to increase or decrease water used to flush. It has a dial to move on it this would be another option if the above tried doesn't help.

Thansk and I hope this will help you with this problem.

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  • Posted on Jan 14, 2011

SOURCE: When I flush the tank only half empties and not

Hi, if you remove the cistern lid and flush the toilet, look at the float (back left) to see if this is rising freely when the water fills back up. Once the water has stopped filling, check the fill level lines on the large syphon in the middle of cistern. Your model of toilet has an eco flush which will be lowest line to save water, so not as much water will flush out. There is a long plastic screw on the float (back left) which you can turn to adjust the water level to the higher line on syphon (1.6 gallon flush) and turn it slowley till the water level reaches that mark. flush a couple of times to see it is filling back up to the set amount.

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  • Posted on Mar 28, 2010

SOURCE: installed new tank. Flushed fine 2 times, then

The flapper isn't staying open long enought, try holding down the handel for a few seconds each time u flush.

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