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I recently bought (9 months ago ) an american standard brand model CADET 3 one piece unit and recently 1 month ago , after flushing the toilet the water fills the up the water tank but there is continuous leaking(dribbling) of water into the the tube and the flushes are no longer as powerful as before. for your info the toilet was installed professionally.....what could be the problem and what recourse is there theunit cost was on speciall for $ 500.00
Re: I recently bought (9 months ago ) an american...
Theres probably debrie in flush valve, mite also try putting food dye in tank (any color) if it appears in bowl the flapper is seeping water and activating flush valve..
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I had the same issue wit my champion toilet the issue was finally resolved by using a plastic drain snake and cleaning out the flush tube at bottom of drain (1" hole at bottom of drain facing toward front of toilet) mine was restricted down to 1/2" "bad casting I think"
The American Standard Cadet 3 flowise one piece toilet uses a flapper valve with a soft nylon washer to seal against the water outlet.
Over time this nylon washer develops 'puckers' causing water to seep between the nylon washer and the seat of the flapper. This seepage causes the water level in the tank to drop to a point where the water inlet valve opens to replace the lost water in the tank.
There are two ways to correct this problem:
1. Replace the soft nylon washer on the flapper, or
2. Replace the entire flapper valve.
Hope this solution helps.
There are a few likely causes for a toilet to leak and refill. The most common is the flapper not seating properly. Usualy on an American Standard it is a disc. Either way, they are fairly easy to replace. One test I use to see if the leak is comming from the flush assembly is to put a couple drops of food coloring in the tank and wait a few minutes to see if it appears in the bowl. If so, there is a leak in the flush assembly, usualy the flapper. Hope this heps. Please vote to let me know.
take the lid off the tank and make sure that the chain is still conected from the flusher handle at the top of the tank to the plug at the bottom of the tank
in the tank check that the small white hose is not kinked or has fallen away from the center tube where the flush flapper is located the white hose goes into the center and fills the bowl
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