Finding a leak????

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dan1981

17,424 posts

201 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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How can i find where our toilet cistern is leaking from?

A drip is forming on the bottom but from what i can see the water is not actually coming out where the drip is forming.

How do i find the source of the leak?

Cheers

Dan

Ferg

15,242 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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A good light and wipe it well with toilet paper until it's completely dry. It should become apparent.

pies

13,116 posts

258 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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its not just condensation is it smile

dan1981

17,424 posts

201 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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pies said:
its not just condensation is it smile
This is what i thought at first and i'm still not entirely convinced that its not, but it seems to be dripping even when we havn't had bath / shower.

Any way to prove this either way?

Penny-lope

13,645 posts

195 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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Stick some of that coloured toilet cleaner in it....and then you should see any leakage. Worked when we had a hairline crack in our last cistern

mrsxllifts

2,501 posts

201 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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It wasn't planned but we found ours by putting a bloo block in the cistern, just followed the blue path back and bingo!

dan1981

17,424 posts

201 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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Ahhhhh clever!

This will also show if its condensation or not.

Thankyou muchly.

Bloo Blocks here we come.

Ferg

15,242 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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I would only put those blue things in as a very last resort. If you have to work on the cistern you will regret it, the stuff gets everywhere and stains your hands for good measure. frown

paul.deitch

2,112 posts

259 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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food colouring then, plaque indicator?

jeff m

4,060 posts

260 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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If you find it is not condensation.
A chalk puffer
Same as you would use for finding a difficult oil leak on a car.

VxDuncan

2,850 posts

236 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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I take it it's close-coupled? If it's not condensation my money is on it leaking from the "doughnut" - the massive rubber o-ring that seals the cistern to the pan.

Simpo Two

85,845 posts

267 months

Sunday 5th April 2009
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Or stick a pan under it and go back to the telly?

dan1981

17,424 posts

201 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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Simpo Two said:
Or stick a pan under it and go back to the telly?
Thats the current solution!

XJSJohn

15,981 posts

221 months

Monday 6th April 2009
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Simpo Two said:
Or stick a pan under it and go back to the telly?
The true solution of someone who owns a British built car hehe