Hi every,
My toilet has just started trickling -- water is running slowly but continuously from the tank to the bowl. When I popped the lid off, I realized that the tank was so full that water very slowly spilling over into the overflow tube.
I managed to stop the trickling by adjusting the "float cup" + its "box" (Fill valve?) very very far down its tracks. When the water fills, the float-cup & box are totally submerged -- the water level is about 2 inches above this floating mechanism! Even though the float is put so low, the eventual water level in the tank is only 1 inch below the outflow tube.
People on the internet say that the tank should stop filling once float-cup floats up, but mine doesn't [as the float-cup floats up, then everything gets submerged by the rising water]. What might the problem be?
Thank you all kindly.
Best wishes
Fiona
My toilet has just started trickling -- water is running slowly but continuously from the tank to the bowl. When I popped the lid off, I realized that the tank was so full that water very slowly spilling over into the overflow tube.
I managed to stop the trickling by adjusting the "float cup" + its "box" (Fill valve?) very very far down its tracks. When the water fills, the float-cup & box are totally submerged -- the water level is about 2 inches above this floating mechanism! Even though the float is put so low, the eventual water level in the tank is only 1 inch below the outflow tube.
People on the internet say that the tank should stop filling once float-cup floats up, but mine doesn't [as the float-cup floats up, then everything gets submerged by the rising water]. What might the problem be?
Thank you all kindly.
Best wishes
Fiona