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Posted on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 at 2:38 amToilet has too much pressure?
My toilet flushes great, but there is so much force that a fine spray splashes out of the bowl. Is there anyway to adjust the flow of water from the tank to the bowl? I can repair any normal problems, and have installed at least 15 toilets in various apartments I have owned, but this is just too weird! Not sure how old it is, but not more than 20 years old.
Lee,,,
The water flow into the bowl is GRAVITY FEED ONLY.
When ya push the Flush Lever,,,that opens the Valve in the botton of the tank,,,Right?
Thats Strictly Gravity,,,same as pulling the stopper outa a sink or tub,or Igloo Cooler.
That water does 2 Paths when it leaves the tank
1>goes Down the Drain to create a Siphon to drain the Bowl
2>The Sudden,extreme Rise in the BOWL INLET water level feeds the RIM JETS.
As Flush Water subsides,,,the Bowl's INNER Flush water level Drops,,,and quits feeding the Rim Jets.
Then the Rim Jets Continue to get a RINSE WATER feed from that,,,,Doohickey thing on the Float Valve.
(What the Heck IS that thing called??LOL)
You know the little Hose from the Float Valve,,,that puts water into the vertical Tube in the Tank.
That water goes Down that Pipe and into the Rim .
It's a 1/8" hose just DROPPING water into a 3/4" pipe.
Nothing is ever really pressurized in the BOWL.
If it's "spraying" from the bowl,,,there's really only about 2 possibilities.
1,,,is a CRACK somewhere under the rim,,in the rim jet supply channel
2,,,,is one of the Rim Jet Holes is semi-clogged with mineral deposits
Try using something to Color the water,,,like food coloring,,or even red soda pop.
Might be worthwhile getting some food coloring if ya dont have any on hand,,it's cheap,,,every grocery store has it in Cake Mix section.
Kool Aid is also a heckuva concentrated dye...
anyway.....
Color the TANK water heavily,,,and Flush that.
See if You can See where the Spray is coming from.
Next,,after Flushing and when Tank Valve has Closed and Tank begins to Refill,,,,
No water will be coming from Tank.
ONLY from that little Rinse water tube,,and ONLY going into Rim Jets.
So Pour some Coloring Down that Tube,,,and see if you can spot any Spray inside the bowl.
I Know how hard it is to stand on yer head in the commode And try to figure what's going on at the same time.
So instead,,Use a small Mirror to See Under the Rim and check what the water is doing.
If ya Still cannot pinpoint the source of the spray,,,
Use a Sheet of Paper ,,,HANG it down in the Bowl,,,like a Curtain sorta.
Purpose of that is that the Paper will catch the Spray,,,
(Or Spray will hit the paper)and at least you can get an idea of the general area it's coming from.
A CLogged up Rim Jet is NOT unusual at all.
And upon Flushing,,,the intial Volume of water FILLS the Rim passage.
So even just Gravity still puts a pretty good Force on the water.
If any of the RimJet holes are clogged down to "pinhole size",,, They CAN Spray a surprising Distance.
If ya Do find they're clogged,,,Poke 'em with something.
Ice Pick works OK,,,The holes are SMALL.
A Small ,,Long Screw works best.
The Threads act like a FILE to scrape the mineral deposits outa the hole.
Gotta be careful ,,the porcelain is Brittle.
If I had to GUESS,,,
I'd figure one of those holes is stopped up.
Good Luck with it,,,I hope its as simple as a clogged rinse jet hole.
And not a crack or porosity anywhere.
15 Toilets is Enough!!
That's one of those jobs that DON'T get better with more practice:)
Take care.
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