Hi all,

My toilet cistern has a (bottom entry) Torbeck valve to manage
the filling. In the last few days this has stopped working
properly; it might start filling correctly for a while but then
locks "closed" internally somehow; after which the only water flow
is that forced out as a spray through where the lever attaches;
none exits the usual way.

I've taken it apart, removed grit and scale and it all seems fine.
Have bought a new one hoping to swap the internals but the rubber
valve part is way more flexible and is perhaps rated for a different
pressure (has a different number on it). If installed, it lets
water through but fails to close.

Before I try a replacement, is the way the original one is failing/
misbehaving indicative of anything that could be corrected?

Thanks in advance,
Paul

On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:02:54 +0000, wrote:

Before I try a replacement, is the way the original one is failing/
misbehaving indicative of anything that could be corrected?

Thought you had:

"I've taken it apart, removed grit and scale and it all seems fine."

Equlibrium valves are sensitive to muck, internally cleaning will
nearly always sort 'em out.

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Cheers
Dave.

wrote:
My toilet cistern has a (bottom entry) Torbeck valve to manage
the filling. In the last few days this has stopped working
properly; it might start filling correctly for a while but then
locks "closed" internally somehow; after which the only water flow
is that forced out as a spray through where the lever attaches;
none exits the usual way.

Just for completeness, it turned out on closer inspection that the
existing rubber valve had a small tear that (presumably) managed to
stay closed (sometimes for a while) but eventually was pushed open
so that the valve closed but with the tear allowing water to force
itself out via where the lever attaches. Have replaced the whole
thing as the old one was incompatible with new valve, pressure
reducers, etc.

#Paul