On 12/21/2015 05:31 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 12/21/2015 1:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:18:55 -0600, Muggles wrote:

My first and only idea is the area where your trying to get the seal is
slightly pitted somewhere, and won't seal because of where it's pitted.
Maybe it can be sanded down where the seal is supposed to be at? Is
that possible to do? Like someone would put a bondo on a car and sand
it down to smooth it out, put some material around the hole, let it dry,
sand it down and then it might make a seal?


I actually thought about doing that, using some of that underwater stick
epoxy some time back when I was also considering a reseating gasket, but
I went with the Korky reseating kit that includes gasket and silicone.

Well, what I finally ended up doing I did today: I went with a
flapperless system:

http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...uctId=29001096

This was a tight fit in my older toilet, but I'm hopeful that it finally
solves the problem. Installation today and then leaving the water off
for 6 hours showed just a slight decrease in tank water, less than
anything else tried. It may be evaporation at this level. Not sure how
much escapes due to evaporation. I have a 10 gal fish tank and I
usually have to add like 1/2 gallon of water every couple of weeks due
to evaporation, so the small amount of drop I'm seeing now may just be
from that.

Only time will tell if the device holds up. I did add the hose clamp
securing it to the overflow tube, as customer reviews suggested, and I
was able to get the silicone seal it has quite tight up against the
existing seat. I could then start filling the tank just past this seal
to check for leaks and I didn't see any, so then pushed and turned the
top section into place. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Bill



The OP has already replaced parts that would be "pitted". Something
else is going on. He hasn't addressed a "possible" hairline crack in
the tank or bowl, at the gasket.


ahh I was trying to describe the seal/gasket area that goes from the
tank to the bowl, but just didn't remember what it was called. I wasn't
thinking of a crack like you were... but more like a tiny pitted area there.