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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Sometimes the surface the flapper rests on can have a flaw that allows water to seep past. I had this happening on one of my toliets. So I got the Korky brand flapper with the "flapper surface repair kit", its essentially a plastic circle that is ringed on top for the flapper to lay on, and you attach it to the old surface with a silicon adhesive. I installed mine a while ago, and now the toliet doesn't leak a drop! No random water-fill sounds anymore.
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I had that exact problem. Had a low profile Am Std with a plastic flapper seat that had warped out of round. But they are larger than normal so I don't know if the Korky thing would fit. I know the Fluidmaster flapper fixer kit was too small.
If the thing fills in the night, water is leaking somewhere, probably at the flapper. You can get a dye kit/tablet that you put in the tank and you can then detect leakage. Water companies give them out for free sometimes.
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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra
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