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Thanks Matt30 and Mr_David! I appreciate your excellent advice and concern. After a full day of near boiling water added every hour from my wood stove, with only minimal improvement, I just added Pequa for a 3 hour soak. Then afterward tonite, another hot water flush. If there is no...

There seems to be corrosion on the nut and fixture threads. Maybe a light tap by a small hammer and punch. Careful not to distort it!

An old and necessary follow-up to this issue and my final solution. Not all new flapper valve discs are usable! Looking closely at the disc profile reveals that some are prone to leak even when new. Also pliable disc material necessary to seal each time. So choose wisely! Thanks very much to...

I’m dealing with a severe kitchen drain blockage, in my own home. The iron drain pipe (2") is on an exterior kitchen wall, and very hard to reach under the sink. This current very cold weather keeps the pipe much colder. The blockage seems to have moved about 6 feet down the pipe...

It's back. More Ghost Flushing!!! And now an even higher frequency. I put in a an entire new flapper valve assembly, gasket and even a softer disc... Overflow tube is also set up higher above the water. The lever chain has more than enough extra slack and... It still leaks! How can anything...

The ghost flushing, on my American Standard one piece toilet, just returned over Christmas! I've been going through the basics, tweaking the level and tube. No luck. The food coloring check shows leakage into the bowl. Over the next week, I'll replace the flapper disc and seal, once again. Will...

Thanks havasu, Mr_David and pfishfood, Your advice has been great! I have implemented all and improved the ghost flush cycle time to about 6 hours. Can I improve on that? The refill tube is far above the china drain water level. The chain is slack. I am suspect of the flapper valve disc...

See the photo of my American Standard one piece, now with red dye (food coloring) added. I'll check it tonight. Thanks for your help!

Thanks havasu and Mr_David for the quick advice! It has a china overflow in the LF corner and a plastic flush valve. The overflow tube is inserted at the very top of the overflow. The flapper seat was wiped clean when I popped on the new disc, and the chain seems to have just enough slack. I...

An American Standard one piece toilet is particularly difficult for me to correct. It ghost flushes about every 2 to 3 hours. Sometimes more, sometimes less. A new Fluidmaster Pro45 was installed and also an AS flapper disc. Any advice from those that may also have encountered this. Thanks!