🚽 How to Fix a Running Toilet & Replace All Internal Toilet Tank Parts
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2019
- Learn how to fix a running toilet.
In this DIY video is Step by step instructions on how to fix a running toilet and replace all internal parts of a toilet tank.
First we replaced the toilet flapper but noticed it didn't fix the running toilet, it didn't stop the water from running inside the toilet bowl, which means the gasket inside the toilet tank was failing and needed to be replaced. In order to do that, the toilet tank needs to be removed from the toilet bowl. It's a good idea to go ahead and replace the toilet fill valve while having to remove the toilet tank anyways, that way everything is new inside.
This toilet in particular is made by American Standard, many toilet brands use the same type of parts. Be sure to check your brand of toilet to get the correct internal tank replacement kit. Kohler toilets usually have different internal parts and flushing mechanisms. The toilet flapper size can be different as well with different models. If the flapper is bigger then it would also require a larger toilet fill tube. This is why it's important to get the correct toilet tank replacement parts for your make and model of toilet.
*Read and follow the instructions of the Toilet Tank Replacement Parts kit you are using for your toilet. Also, be sure to get a toilet parts kit that is designed for your specific toilet.
Tools and Supplies Needed:
Toilet Tank Replacement Kit: amzn.to/2wmZD8Q
Flathead Screwdriver: amzn.to/2MN1XAc
Larger Channel Lock pliers: amzn.to/2Mrk7br
Adjustable wrench or small pliers: amzn.to/2OUGgf0
Scissors or knife to cut toilet fill tubing
My go to Leatherman tool: amzn.to/2MNln85
I never leave home without it!
The handle that came with the Fluidmaster Universal Parts kit did not work for this particular toilet, so I left the handle that was in place already.
Total time spent replacing the entire toilet tank parts was about a half hour.
Disclosure: Links in this video description are Amazon 'Affiliate Links'. This means if you click a link and purchase, we will receive a small commission which doesn't cost you more money. Thanks for the support! 
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This video was extremely helpful. I’ve never done anything like this before. For $21.00, I repaired my own tank. I saved a boatload of money and feel pretty good about my skills! You are awesome!
That's great to hear Leslie, I'm glad it helped you! Good job on doing it yourself!
I’m 65 years old lady and I’m about to fix ours tomorrow. Hey we can do it💪
Just fyi.......a good leak test for the flapper is to put food coloring in the tank. Leave it for 30 minutes or so. When you come back if there is any tinge in the bowl you have a leak. If not your flapper seal is good
Thank you so much! I found which toilet was leaking instantly. I have to take out the whole assembly for the flapper because it's the gasket assembly that the flapper sits on. Bought a house and previous owners did no maintenance on the little annoying things.
Thank you
Soap works very well too and will not stain your tank or bowl
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Thank you for making this video! I'm a single mom with 2 kids and just bought my first house and it needs the toilets replaced. I just bought the kit, have all the tools and now I'm ready to do it! Appreciate your time!
Hi Michelle, thanks for your comment and congratulations on buying your first home! That has to be exciting. Good luck with the toilet repair, you can do it!
Thank you very much for this really clear, detailed video! This helped me so much! In fact, I just finished the project, and it all works great! No leaks, no problems! And, I am a 73 year old woman! Very HAPPY too! Ha!
That's fantastic to hear! Thanks for commenting and glad it helped you!
Great video, straight to the point! I’ve done plenty of faucets and pipe plumbing, but never had to do a toilet. As a man, I obviously attempted it without reading anything 😂 I ended up putting the fill valve rubber washer with the flange in the wrong spot, and your video showed me that.
Thanks so much for this video. I'm glad i watched before trying because this saved me quite a lot of swearing and yelling at the walls :D
Best comment!
I never do any plumbing right the first time. 😒
Thank you for your video. 👍
I don’t know nothing about that but my water of the toilet kept running a lot so I check inside where it covers the hole of the water and it looks like it’s broken.
My mom was told by her plumber that she needed a whole new toilet. I found this video and saved her hundreds. I cant believe how unethical these peoole can be.
So your mom is unethical?
I watched this before going to my local home improvement store and then used this video while doing the replacement! Thank you for giving great instructions
Thanks for your comment, glad to hear it helped you!
Thank you! My sister & I replaced the tank. It went well(her stubbornness wasn’t fun) but after it all your help was good.
This was so much better than trying to read the directions that came with it. Thanks!!
My friend, you were so on point. This job was suppose to be a wam-bam, but the screw removal and washer replacement jumped into center stage.
Thank you, sir! Will be applying this soon!
Thank you, sir. Got it done without stress. You're the man!
Thanks for this very clear video, and for jumping right in, no nonsense! Bravo!
Thank you for this. Both of my toilets have started having issues like yours did, and I wasn't quite sure how to go about fixing them.
Thanks. Cleared detailed video.
I'm glad to see the red funnel shaped tank gasket goes on the outside of the bottom of the tank between the toilet bowl. I'm glad I found your video instructions which is better than the written instructions and photos. Thanks.
Glad it helped you! Thanks!
I've gotta do this on two of my toilets today so this video lets me know what I need to do TY sir.
This is the only video I found exactly what I needed. A small detail that everyone else left out. Thank You
Thanks! I'm glad it helped.
Going to try this week thank you
Amazing video. Accurate. To the point. Concise. Well done!!
Thanks Phillip for your comment, I appreciate it.
Thank you! This is one of the best DIY videos I've seen. Super useful!
Thanks! Glad it helped you!
Awesome step by step instruction! Was able to put new kit in on my own. Thanks!!!
That's great to hear! Glad it helped. Thanks for commenting!
Thanks so very much! Video was easy to follow and very informative. As a woman, I am able to change out the hardware in the toilet. Great job!
ONCE I SAW YOUR VIDEO IT'S NOT HARD TO FIX, ITS JUST THAT I HAVE TO UNDO EVERYTHING I'VE ALREADY DID. IT TOOK ME SEVERAL DAYS TO SAW THAT SCREW. I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF BUT NOW I HAVE TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. IT'S A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME BUT YOU ARE THE MASTER. TYVM
Thank you so much. You made this so easy.
Thank you, Angie
Great instructions. I have to replace one myself. Keep you posted
very helpful, good clear explanations and clear pictures - thanks!
Awesome... I love doing my own repairs ❤️
Good demo . it's really straight forward a kid could do it
Thank you!!! my family has been down to a single toilet for weeks! there aren't any plumbers in my area even answering the phone :( anyway I feel much better after watching you replace these parts and i finally feel likeI'm ready to tackle this MUCH NEEDED project all by myself! THANKS AGAIN!
Thanks for your comment. You can do this. Just take your time and follow the steps both in the video and the instructions provided with the tank kit. Be sure to get the correct tank kit for your specific toilet. You will probably save yourself a plumber bill between $100-$200, depending where you're at by doing it yourself. Good Luck!
Wow. Thank you so much for this video! Gave me the confidence to replace the parts in my toilet, although my kit did not include replacing the main gasket so I didn't have to take the whole tank off. Now to tackle the other two toilets!
Awesome Barb! Glad to hear it helped you!
Very helpful. Thank you...
Great video and camera work! It's really going to help later today when I replace my toilet parts. Thanks!
This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much for the thorough video and the good explanation as you go!
I just love knowing that I can find a great video to help me with whatever DIY project I'm doing. Thank you and all the RUclips community of folks for taking the time to do your videos! It made the install so much easier and faster than the days when I had to decipher the instructions and tiny pictures included with something like this. You are awesome!
Thanks Linda for your comment, it's much appreciated!
Great job and well explained!
Thank you so much on the video. Helped me out a lot.
I had to replace the innards of a Kohler. My particular Kohler had three bolts attaching the gasket which fits the bowl to the tank. I was able to use a generic full replacement kit with the addition of a new Kohler type gasket. I also used a socket wrench to get into the awkward places where the three attachment bolts nuts were.
This video was super helpful. I watched this before replacing all internal toilent tank parts on my toilet. It was especially useful when stating the tools needed. Saved me a trip to the store knowing i needed a large channel lock pliers in addtion to buying the replacement parts. Thank you for the tutorial
Thanks Matthew for your comment. Glad to hear it helped you!
Thank you very much for all the info I didn't understand at first but I know now
Thank you!
Thank you for helping me through my toilet tank nightmare. It started flushing itself. Opened the top and everything was covered in thick black mold! Lysoled and bleached inside. Took pics of the flush valve inside it with phone so I could match them at the big box store. Your video was awesome in helping me do the rest.
Thanks Corgi Bird for commenting and letting me know it was of great help to you. I try to post these kind of videos to help people not be afraid to do these kind of projects on their own. Thanks for watching!
Great video. Pairing your video with the instructions helped make it a fairly easy process for a novice like me. Appreciate it!
Thanks for your comment, glad to hear it helped you!
Absolutely extremely valuable! Well detailed, video capturing the full task, identifying “don’t forget” points of importance! Very much appreciate it. 👍🏻👍🏻😉🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸😉👍🏻
Great video. Very clear. No questions. Thanks a lot
Thanks!
Excellent video. Was able to practically fix it on my own, well after taking it on and off four times because kept leaking, (not your fault, mine,) my back was hurting and my thumbs hurting so my husband came to help me tighten bolts. Very proud of myself. Couldn't have done it without your help because the instructions were really bad that came with the parts.
great presentation!! I learned a lot, thank you
Great video. Step by step & very detailed. Thank you much brother.
Glad to hear that it helped you. Thanks!
Thank you! You made this much easier for me than I thought!
Glad it helped! Thanks!
Good video! Thank you!
Thanks for this video! Successfully completed 1/3 toilet tank replacement pieces :)
Awesome Emmie! Hope it went smooth for you.
Great teaching video.
Excellent video thank you
Such a big help! Thank you ! 😊
Glad it helped you! Thanks for commenting!
Thank you so much for this video! You’re more appreciated than you think.
Thank you for the very kind comment Jhoana. I'm glad that the video helped you.
Thanks. This was very helpful
great video, thank you!
this was a great help!!!! the directions that come with it are totally confusing and so hard to understand. this video helped a ton. the hardest part about this project was removing all the old stuff.
Glad to hear the video helped you. Thanks for commenting and watching!
Very helpful
Thank you
Thanks for the instructional video. Fixing our leaky toilet has been checked off the to do list!
Glad it was helpful!
It is nicely detailed thank you
Brilliant! Thanks for doing this (even though you didn’t enjoy it!) .. I’ll be installing my kit today!
Thanks! Hope it helped get your job done.
Thank you for making this video helping alot
Great tutorial, clear and to the point.
Glad it was helpful!
Your very good at explaining the process. Thank you!
Thanks Janet!
Thank you! You saved me so much money and actually, it was very satisfying to be able to do this myself 👍🏼
Glad to hear that it was helpful for you! Thanks!
Thank you. Very helpful for a woman doing it herself. I did it.
appreciate the help bud thank you
That sponge gasket of Korky's all in one is weird, but after the first tightening, it leaked so I learned how to press down with a screw driver and finger-tip twist the nut underneath, then it worked. What I didn't realize is that the fill pipe is short, designed to fill the tank halfway.. We'll see how that works, and if I don't like it I'll put the fluid master back in. What a learning experience.
perfect, thanks!
Thanks, this video's really helpful
Brother ..very informative. Keep up the great work !
Didn't even look at the instructions just watched this video. Worked perfectly.
Great to hear! Thanks for commenting and glad it worked out for you.
Thank you soooo much for this. I saved myself money by doing it myself.
I know it’s an easy diy, but your video enhances my courage to change what you did…thanks
Appreciate the step by step my dude!
Thanks!
I thank God for the video thank you brother
Thank you so much, I was able to change out the parts just as you described, I think it took me 15 minutes!
Awesome! Glad it helped and thanks for commenting.
Good instructions
Awesome step by step video. Thank you
Thanks Pamela!
Thank you!!!!! I have to go to my parents house today and replace the tank stuff, extremely helpful and detailed. I'🤪m re watching this video when I get there!!!
Hope your project goes smoothly for you. Take your time and you can do it!
Thanks for the video but would recommend showing a bit more detail that many may not know, I.e. how to adjust the height of the internal parts. THanks
I am a widow, living in an apartment, needing to do my own repairs. Thanks much for this direction video.
Hello Belva, I'm sorry for your loss. I'm glad to hear the video helped you in some way, hope your repairs go smoothly.
Thanks i have been looking through you tube for this fix and all the videos were not good. Your video explains everything very well. Thanks
Thanks Claudia! I do appreciate it!
As a severely mechanically challenged individual, I need to take out the manual book to turn on and off light switches, I am very impressed with your video. It made for an easy installation. Thank you!
Awesome job! Glad to hear the video helped you!
Thanks!
Thanks, great idea with the paper towel trick !
that was a great idea, I usually only use paper towel when i'm stroking off and i need to mop up the jism lol
Good tutorial.
Worked like a charm.
Thx for making it!!!
Glad to hear the video helped you!
Love to see more demo on different makes eg. KOHLER or Glacier Bay
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO. VERT VERT HELPFUL. I HAD TO SAW ONE OF THE SCREWS AND IN THE PROCESS I DAMAGED THE RUBBER UNDER THE TANK SO I HAD TO UNDO EVERYTHING I HAD ALREADY REPLACED. THANKS AGAIN
Glad it helped you. Sounds like my sort of luck you had. I hate when more problems come up during a project.
Very helpful ! Thanks
Thanks for commenting, glad it helped you!
Thank you for this!
My pleasure! Thanks for commenting!
Good job my man
Thanks man, fixed in like 3 mins after watching..lol--my problems were different than yours. Thanks uploader, -Dave.
I did it!! Thank you so much.
Awesome! Glad it helped you!
Thanks for the detailed video. I was able to change all these parts on my own. Very painless and this is my first plumbing project! Yay!!! Thank you so much!
Awesome! Glad it worked for you. Thanks for letting me know.
@@DIYCrasher what about the big donut looking gasket that goes in between tank and toilet? Did you put some sort of glue on it to get it to stick? Or do you put it on the bottom? You didn’t show it in video. So - I’m just asking. Not looking forward to doing this job, but my tank keeps leaking (inside the tank).
@@wethepeople9161 The donut looking gasket goes on the outside bottom of the tank. It does not need any glue. I lost the footage putting the gasket on the tank, which is why I mention in the video several times to don't forget to put on the gasket. Good luck with yours, you can do it!
@@DIYCrasher thank you sir!
YEA!!! Now I don't have to hire someone .. I can do it myself!! Thank you for the clear instructions
My sister's toilet has been broken for over a year! Tomorrow I'm tackling this job with the help of this video. We can do this!