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A working toilet all of a sudden won't fill back up. When I pour water into the tank, it will flush, but it doesn't refill.

  • Tony R.
    Tony R. May 11, 2010

    Can you be more specific? Does the tank refill, but not the bowl, or doesn't the tank refill at all?

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Hi,
There could be a couple of things you need to check.
First turn the water off at the valve right under the left side of the toilet. Then take off the hose at the big nut right up under the left side of the toilet. Check to make sure that there is no dirt pligging the hole going into the toilet. Also open the valve and make sure that water runs into a bucket of pan from the hose.
If everything seems fine there then the fill valve will need to be replaced.
A Fluidmaster 400A or equivalent fill valve will be a universal replacement that will fit your toilet.

I hope that this will help you to solve your problem!

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