On Mar 20, 4:55 pm, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
runsrealfast wrote:
On Mar 20, 3:19 pm, Jeff Wisnia wrote:

runsrealfast wrote:

On Mar 20, 1:15 pm, Just Joshin wrote:

On 19 Mar 2007 14:12:57 -0700, "runsrealfast"

wrote:

About three weeks ago my, water heater died and we had it replaced.
When they did so, they had to add a tank on the top of the water
heater that was not their before (http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?
action=productDetail&productId=160680-48324-LET-2&lpage=none not the
exact one but its basically the same thing). Its now required in my
city due to some water meter changes the city made. Anyway, as soon as
the guys (yes I hired someone) finished the toilet started to hiss. I
don't think that an abnormal amount of water is going from the tank to
the bowl so its not a constant refilling issue. If I close the shut
off value the noise stops, and when I open the value the noise starts
again. If I leave the valve open for a few days the noise gets louder
(it gets to the point of annoying and then I close the valve). Here is
another strange point. I was changing a hot water shut off value in
the kitchen, and I noticed when I close the hot water valve coming

from the water heater the noise in the toilet jumped.

Anyway, whats going on to make the hissing noise?

Should I just get one of those replacement kits at Home Depot or Lowes
and see what happens (noticed they are less than $15).

John

Is the water level in the tank overflowing?

No really overflowing. I have noticed that there is more water in the
tank than there should be (water level is above the hard water
stains).

Or is the tank refilling
without anyone flushing it?

I don't think the tank is refilling itself. I did the dye test a few
weeks ago and after 20 minutes had a very tiny bit of dyed water in
the bowl.

John

If you didn't diddle with anything after you put the dye in the toilet
tank then ANY visible amount of dye in the bowl water indicates an
unacceptable leak past the flap valve or possibly through the wall or
around the feedthrough of the overflow tube.

Your probably correct, but based on the noise there would be much more
water moving from the tank to the bowl that I observed.

John

When you close the toilet stop valve how long does water stay in the
tank? Is it pretty much full several hours later, or near empty?

That'd give you an idea of how fast the water is flowing.


I haven't tried the dye test while turning off the water, but there
hasn't ever been a noticeable water loss (if any) in bowl or tank
while the valve being shut overnight. Not sure how to test this as I
can't control if someone needs to use the toilet (only one in home,
which sucks). Either way I do think I should just replace everything
inside with one of those replacement kits as the cost is pretty low.
Who knows its possible that its corroded with hard water, I just had
to replace a hot water shut off valve in the kitchen and the friend
who helped me with it figures that my water softener has not been in
the home very long (I have been there 6 months, its a 20 yr old home)
as the valve was in real bad shape.

John

John