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Check It Out !!! Thanks for the video. Needed a quick reminder. We think the toilet is well worth the minor inconvenience of the valve. I have ordered another to keep on hand, from Amazon.
Wish I had seen video before I bought the home depot one. No worries having my wife buy 2 backups from your amazon link. The problem was exactly what you said mine had the bubbles.
Thank you for sharing this video. I just called American Standard customer support and was able to get a free gasket replacement. All they asked for was the model number inside the toilet tank and purchase date, no receipt needed it. 10 year warranty per customer service. Also looks like it’s a red gasket now they have re-engineered it.
Loosening the black thumbscrew: BEFORE YOU USE THE BRUTE-FORCE APPROACH by using pliers (which almost never ends well), pour hot water over the top of the thumbscrew. I heated 8 ounces of water in a measuring cup for 2 minutes in the microwave. Hot tap water wasn’t hot enough. After slowly pouring the hot water over the top of the thumbscrew, it loosened rather easily with my 65 year old hands. Not surprisingly, the installing plumber originally torqued it down so hard as to necessitate a $175 call back. Yes, 2 clicks when you retighten is enough.
Hey, I fixed the dumb American Standard inferior flush gasket today. Again, I will NEVER buy another American Standard toilet. I followed your advice about a year ago to kinda fix the toilet, but the flush gasket needed replacing. NONE of the plumbers I consulted or had to the house could figure out that water was leaking thru the flush gasket EXCEPT one of the plumbers who works at Home Depot. I salute you for your American “ standards” videos. Thank you!
Sir I cannot thank you enough! Our water bill was over DOUBLE last month. I did have to carefully use a pair of pliars to get the black plug started. My old gasket had 13 bubbles on it. New gasket is installed and my problem is fixed! An eight dollar fix I cannot thank you enough!
Did it Today! I had a plumber over at my condo, HE didn’t fix it, all the people who worked in the plumbing dept at Home Depot, THEY didn’t have the answer. YOU provided a simple video THAT fixed it. I sent away to American Standard for the new seal. It took me about one minute to fix the seal, based on your video. Thank You!!
I still would buy a Koehler toilet, NOT American Standard toilet, next time. It has been a Real Hassle to figure this out. American Standard says they developed this as a Water Saver toilet! How many toilets of American Standards are just Filling Up, then “ghosting” and people aren’t getting them repaired? They really should be Banned here in the state of California.
Excellent tutorial. My wife has been after me for weeks to fix the slow leak but I hate plumbing. After watching your video and a quick trip to Lowe’s I had the problem painlessly solved in minutes! Thanks
No more American Standard products for me. This is the first American Standard toilets we have bought and is the last. Never before had a toilet that had to be fixed so often. In our next house, within the next year, it will be Kohler or another brand, but never American Standard again. This is a valuable video, thanks for posting it!!!
Heed his warning! Buy the product directly from the manufacturer! I went to Home Depot and bought a knockoff, didn’t work at all. Purchased another from the manufacturer and it worked. Honestly couldn’t tell you the difference between the two- same size and everything. But the knockoff from Home Depot did not work at all. Extremely helpful video, thanks man👍
ty for the video, i just bought the whole flush valve assembly, at Lowes, only had 1 in stock, home depot only carries it online, even though that's where i bought toilet. there valve i bought was American standard but was slightly different, (you can now take bottom off guide rod, but i just replaced the gasket without changing the whole valve, and it's working perfect. the screws on top was hard to turn, due to locking system, but needle nose pliers did the trick. wish I'd seen the video and just bought the gasket. but it's working, I'm done, wife happy, and didn't need to take tank off. ty.
Thank you! After replacing the flush handle, the Champion was still very hard to flush, then I saw your video! I ordered the American Standard gasket and O ring, and successfully replaced them while watching your video. It flushes easily once again!
Excellent video!! i searched many times here on youtube in search of a fix for this part! i thought that i was gonna have to disassemble the tank from the toilet for repairs! Thanks to your video, alls i have to do is order from american standard! the hardest part in finding your video was knowing the terminology that got me here! Thanks so very mucho! Once again, you and RUclips have save me the cost of a professional!!!
Thanks to you and your son! Mine is over 5 years old, but, taking it off after watching your video mine is beyond bad, starting leaking I think last Friday. Thank you again, great video! Take care!
You just saved me a lot of money. I thought I would have to replace the whole flush assembly. I called American Standard and they will send me the gasket. I had no idea you could just replace the gasket only and solve the problem. AS must be very familiar with this problem. This leak has been aggravating me for a while and your video is just what I needed to figure out what to do without calling a plumber to replace the flush assembly which I did about 7 years ago. Thanks for your video - great work!
Brilliant! Was about to replace the whole flush valve (remove the whole tank!), and felt the seal, and found one big and 5 small bumps. Relaxed the seal - about the same 2 minutes that it took here! - the ghost flushes have stopped!
We had a $400 water bill and a $190 charge to hire a plumber to tell us it’s the flush valve and you can’t just go to the hardware to buy it. Thank you, for this awesome video. It’s very much appreciated and your little helper there is the cutest little guy, I think he needs a raise 🥰
FINALLY!! What a lifesaver this video is! I know my seal is where the problem is but assumed it was due to rust/iron build up and just wanted to take it apart and clean or replace just the seal but was sooo afraid that rod in the middle would fall down into the toilet causing major issues if I could not get it back and EVERY video, picture, or set of instructions had me pulling the tank off to do ANYTHING with it which I cannot do with a bad back. Thank you so much!!
I bought 3 of these toilets based on Consumer Reports and all 3 are leaking. I lost my receipt and have to pay American Standard for replacement parts. Now I don't trust American Standard or Consumer Reports. Thanks for posting this video. Great explanations and video positioning.
Hafeez Jaffer If you don’t have your receipt, purchase the ones on Amazon. Go through the link I have in the description. Some on Amazon are the real thing and some are knock offs. The link I have on there will take you right to the real one. It’s less expensive than if you go through American standard and you’ll get it faster. Good luck with it.
In fairness to Consumer Reports it would be prohibitively expensive to test toilets long enough for a flaw like this to show up. American Standard should do the right thing and offer free replacement parts.
I would call AMer. Std back and point out that it is a well documented problem online about the blistering/bubbling of the gasket material and you want to talk with a CSR supervisor. As to a receipt, unless you paid cash for 3 toilets, go back thru your checks or credit card statements and find the check or expenditure. with that you can get a copy of the check or a record of the charge.
Thanks for a great video! I've replaced several of these gaskets over the 11 years that I've owned two of the Champion 4's. Thanks to your video, this is the first time I've replaced one myself. They ARE awesome toilets otherwise. American Standard has never charged me a cent for any of the replacement gaskets. (Love your cameraman.)
I was so frustrated reading all the bad comments about cracked tanks and thought I would have to replace at least the tank if not the whole toilet. You just saved me Hundreds of dollars Thanks keep up the good work
The video was awesome, and if you need to use the toilet because you can't get to the store you can heat up each bubble and the bubble will burst leaving that place flat.
After watching this video, I ordered 3 gasket kits for my exactly-the-same-age toilets (over 4 years old). One has begun ghost flushing, and I found the blisters you describe. Oddly, it is the toilet with the middle amount of use, of the three. The other two appear to still be perfect. While waiting on the new seals, I took the defective seal off, and used a straight pin to pierce each blister. Water squirted out of some of them, but I pressed on each one, and emptied a drop of water from each blister. This made the defective seal look and work, perfectly. Perhaps the manufacturing process leaves some specks of very hydroscopic material (curing agent?) in the gasket, that slowly absorbs water, inflating the blisters. I'm going to wait a while before replacing the seal, to see if new blisters appear. By the way, all the nuts were way over tightened, at the factory, and I was afraid they would break, if I turned them hard enough to come loose. I poured a cup of hot water, over the top of the valve and this softened the plastic enough to get them past the first click, without breaking.
Thanks to your video, I was able to diagnose the problem with my toilet quickly. However, I did not have to replace the gasket. Like a blister we have on our hands, I pierced it with the tip of a sharp knife and expressed the water from the blister. The gasket was perfectly flat afterwards and I reinstalled it. No more leaks for now. If it happens again, I’ll do the same thing until the gasket is too worn out to be reused.
Fantastic! Exactly what the issue was. I "popped" the bubbles with a razor blade and the the leak stopped. Still going to replace the gasket but quick stop gap. Our last water bill was $400 because of this leak!
Thanks for the video. I have four of them. 3 are leaking. Water bill has been going up for months. For those that are having a hard time unscrewing the nut... I used needle nose pliers and it pops right over that plastic stop. Popping holes in the blisters and putting it back together while waiting for replacement was also a great comment down below.
Thank you for posting!Just ordered my gaskets'!Glad I did not have to replace the 'barrel-assembly'!It's 'very- tightly' screwed in the bottom of the toilet/porcelain!🍻
Thanks for the video, it is very helpful. I actually watched the second one first, so when you said you were handing the camera to your camera man in the second video, I thought you had a plumber friend helping you. When I saw your camera man I couldn't help laughing. He is a very capable camera man, I saw everything clearly.
I purchased a new gasket to install and eliminate my ghost flush. I heard your tip about Vaseline on the gasket to help eliminate the ghost flush.IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO CHANGE THE GASKET
Thank you! This simple fix was what I needed. I've changed 30 ballcock assemblies and just bought a replacement without looking at the toilet. Once I lifted the lid, I had quite the surprise with the newer valve. (DUH, I know...) Returned the other item and bought the gasket only and fixed the leak in 1 minute. You're a champ, mate!
OMG Thank you thank you thank all it took was a hundred videos to finally find yours that actually worked. My bf thanks you and your camera guy was great. Have a blessed day
Thank you. This was my problem. One quick stop to the hardware store and back in "business" within 5 minutes. Thanks for the video. Update: It was still leaking by a little. Another video talked about making sure the 4 notches on the lid line up before screwing it back together. That seems to have done the trick. Still, this was very helpful. Thanks again.
Thanks. My toilet has been running for weeks and I had noticed the bubble. My local hardware store didn’t have the same seal, so I have been turning the water off and on to use the toilet while I searched online. I punctured the bubble and the leak stopped. I also ordered a genuine part for later on. My electric bill (for the well pump) was enormous last month, so I think it’s been leaking for several weeks or maybe even longer than I realized. Appreciate the video and your helper.
Wow! I cannot say thank you enough for your video! You are a life saver! This leak has been very stressful to me as I have not been well and my toilet is just a little over a year old. Its been leaking for months and I didn't understand how a brand new toilet could be leaking so soon. But thanks to you with your good video , great explanation and your cute little camera man. I was able to fix my toilet and now know what I need to do in the future to keep it from leaking again. Keep up the good work and God bless 😊
Having watched the video, I just ordered the gasket kit for original parts thru Lowes. Amazon had a link at the beginning of the comments section, but they all seemed to be aftermarket knockoffs. I don’t know if it’s planned obsolescence, lack of quality control, lack of pride in doing something well, or a combination of the above, but things made nowadays seem to fall apart rather quickly. I don’t remember growing up with having to have stuff repaired or replaced with such frequency. 🙄
I wish I had watched this first. I bought the whole gizmo - the hard green plastic cap plus the gasket - and waited five days for it to arrive from some plumbing company. Had I known, I would have just ordered the gaskets, but I think I may as well order a few anyway for future quick changes. Thanks for making this very helpful video!
I bought five of them. One is leaking. Lowe’s guy suggested I use some silicone grease and it worked. I am going to bring him donuts as appreciation and the fact that he saved me a few hundred dollars.
Thanks! I installed two toilets (by a plumber) 3+ years ago; one leaked, the other is still fine. Got a 2-pack of the seals at Amazon for $8 (I have prime). Quick fix in 10 mins. The only part that takes a little courage is the first twist of that top nut. I felt that I would snap it (but didn't). After that, easy peasy. I counted 13 bubbles on the old seal. I'll just keep a few seals in my shop, and replace as often as I have to, no big deal. Our municipal water has a lot of chlorine in it, I wonder if that's the reason. Cheap fix for an otherwise great toilet.
Thanks, fixed my issue. Amazing how American Standard managed to use a gasket material that can't hold up to such a simple environment like a toilet bowl. There's zero UV light, the temperature is cool, and it's not having that much pressure exerted on it. Yet, the god forsaken things can't last past a couple of years. I swapped mine out and it had two water-filled "blisters."
Good analysis, friend. You'd think the "engineers" could have figured out how to not make this thing leak. Glad I don't own this toilet (it's my parents'). It's freakin' 2019. I mean, we put a man on the moon 50 years ago, but can't make a toilet that doesn't leak??
Now that I'm old and nothing is "standard' or 'universal' anymore. I will never go to Home Depot again w/o first investigating ANY project on YTube. Because I think we all know by now Home Depot has every thing you don't need. Thank you for the info and link, cheers !
I just purchased (2) of these American Standard toilets. (1) of them started doing it about 9 months in. Since the Champion toilets have a 10 year warranty they will send them to you for free. They are sending me (2) since I have two because this must be a known flaw. Mine had 3-4 bubbles like what you were showing. Thanks for your video, it did help save me time on the repair.
It took two weeks after I contacted them for American Standard to get the replacement gasket to me. Installation was a snap thanks to your video. Sure enough, the old gasket had three bubbles in it. I have two American Standard Champion 4 toilets. The first one was purchased in 2011 and has not started leaking yet. The second purchased in 2012 started leaking a few months ago. So my experience has been a little better than yours. I do agree with your assessment that these are awesome toilets. I may replace the gasket in the older toilet just to be ahead of the game. I think this is a design flaw and American Standard should offer free replacement parts regardless of whether or not you have your receipt. I did have my receipt, but how many people save their receipts for 10 years? Thanks for taking the time to post this video. Oh, and thanks to Ben also.
Excellent video. Just one pointer for you if you read the American standard literature they tell you not to use the chlorine pucks inside the tank, as it will distort your washer
I can't believe how easy this was and how much money this saved me. Thought I was going to have to call a plumber and then watched this video. American Standard have been a great company, too.
It took a while for American Standard to send my replacement in. So in the mean time, what I did was puncture all the bubbles I saw or felt and it helped out A LOT!
Thank buddy. I’d be in the shower and the water would kick down a little. Blamed family members for running water until nobody was home. Ice machine got the blame for a while then until it was too frequently. Sure enough mine just had about 5 bubbles. Thanks again.
Thank you! I’m so glad I saw this video. I thought I had to replace the entire valve! Took tank off back and then saw this! Thanks again. Much easier! Good to know because I also have two of these toilets!
I"m a female who knows very little about toilets but seem to have stumbled on this problem with my Champion toilet as well ghost flushing...It stressed me out big time lately so thanks for making this video...i think after watching it a few times, I'm hoping to be able to get this fixed. thank u.
Thanks for the video. As you mentioned I did find bubbles on the gasket. However, I found the alternate temporary solution to the problem. Since I didn't have a new gasket, I took a needle and started puncturing all those tiny bubbles. As I was puncturing them a very small amount of water came out of it. Be careful not to puncture all the way through, just enough to flatten the bubble. I did that last night, and now no more dripping, or filling of tank after every 5 minutes.
perfect thanks for the tutorial, had about 5 bubbles it looks like, 6 year old , so it was overdue. Kept hearing the toliet add water, solved it. Did have to use pliers though to counter clock wise the top part only difference.
Thank you very much! This fix was great. I could not get through to American Standard though on the phone, the wait time kept going UP instead of down. Terrible customer service, so I opted to buy the one at home depot for now.
Thank you for this video. Followed the instructions and my toilet now works perfectly. Tip: if you cannot unscrew the top by hand, carefully use plyers or something similar. The plumber that installed my toilet tightened it one time too many
Many thanks to this detailed video as I already changed the float, then change the rubber gaskets and it was still running😡It wasn’t until I saw this video The detail showing it how to hook the black nut up to the green base and gasket. Click made a huge difference thank you very much my toilet is not driving me nuts anymore😁
Thanks a great refresher. For some reason, our American Standard rubber only lasts about 3 months on two toilets... The Home Depot ones only lasted about 2 months.
Awesome! I appreciate your video. Sure enough my seal had 3 bubbles, causing a leak. Couldn't figure out how to separate the top, as I ended up having to use pliers to turn the black tab. Now it's back together, running great. Thanks!
I called American Standard to get a gasket. I didn't have a receipt but they didn't charge me (which they shouldn't since it's a flaw in the toilet). They sent me 2 gasket kits for free. Solved the problem of the running toilet.
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Check It Out !!! Thanks for the video. Needed a quick reminder. We think the toilet is well worth the minor inconvenience of the valve. I have ordered another to keep on hand, from Amazon.
Thank you man!
The amazon link has a normal, "improved", "new" and "2020" model. What's the difference"?
Ya my toilet is two years old and already needs parts
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Wish I had seen video before I bought the home depot one. No worries having my wife buy 2 backups from your amazon link. The problem was exactly what you said mine had the bubbles.
Great video! Everything that he said was exactly what needed to be done. Great camera work by his son! Fixed the problem
Thank you for sharing this video. I just called American Standard customer support and was able to get a free gasket replacement. All they asked for was the model number inside the toilet tank and purchase date, no receipt needed it. 10 year warranty per customer service. Also looks like it’s a red gasket now they have re-engineered it.
Loosening the black thumbscrew: BEFORE YOU USE THE BRUTE-FORCE APPROACH by using pliers (which almost never ends well), pour hot water over the top of the thumbscrew. I heated 8 ounces of water in a measuring cup for 2 minutes in the microwave. Hot tap water wasn’t hot enough. After slowly pouring the hot water over the top of the thumbscrew, it loosened rather easily with my 65 year old hands. Not surprisingly, the installing plumber originally torqued it down so hard as to necessitate a $175 call back. Yes, 2 clicks when you retighten is enough.
Great tip. Thank you!
Oh sweet Jesus, thank you. I owe you a beer.
Omgg you are a Saint! I tried 3 separate times couldn't lossen that dam nut .That hot water worked Perfectly 😊😊
@@kyleridley8096 Anything to not have to call a plumber. Thanks you made my day 😉
Thank you! This was tripping me up and the exact reason I came to see this video.
Hey, I fixed the dumb American Standard inferior flush gasket today. Again, I will NEVER buy another American Standard toilet. I followed your advice about a year ago to kinda fix the toilet, but the flush gasket needed replacing. NONE of the plumbers I consulted or had to the house could figure out that water was leaking thru the flush gasket EXCEPT one of the plumbers who works at Home Depot. I salute you for your American “ standards” videos. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thank you for the kind comment!👍😎
Thanks for sharing. Btw camera man needs a raise. Helped a lot!
Best of all the videos I've seen on how to do this job. Very comprehensive. My compliments to your cameraman Ben.
You’re welcome 👍😎 Happy to Help.
Sir I cannot thank you enough! Our water bill was over DOUBLE last month. I did have to carefully use a pair of pliars to get the black plug started. My old gasket had 13 bubbles on it. New gasket is installed and my problem is fixed! An eight dollar fix I cannot thank you enough!
Happy to help!👍
Did it Today! I had a plumber over at my condo, HE didn’t fix it, all the people who worked in the plumbing dept at Home Depot, THEY didn’t have the answer. YOU provided a simple video THAT fixed it. I sent away to American Standard for the new seal. It took me about one minute to fix the seal, based on your video. Thank You!!
Thank you for the kind comment! Makes me motivated to do more helpful videos. Happy your toilet is fixed!
I still would buy a Koehler toilet, NOT American Standard toilet, next time. It has been a Real Hassle to figure this out. American Standard says they developed this as a Water Saver toilet! How many toilets of American Standards are just Filling Up, then “ghosting” and people aren’t getting them repaired? They really should be Banned here in the state of California.
@@greghilbers4697 I completely agree. In fact I’ve changed all the toilets in my house to Kohler.
I love RUclips because of videos like this! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Excellent tutorial. My wife has been after me for weeks to fix the slow leak but I hate plumbing. After watching your video and a quick trip to Lowe’s I had the problem painlessly solved in minutes! Thanks
You are your camera man are great! Easy to follow directions in plain English.
No more American Standard products for me. This is the first American Standard toilets we have bought and is the last. Never before had a toilet that had to be fixed so often. In our next house, within the next year, it will be Kohler or another brand, but never American Standard again.
This is a valuable video, thanks for posting it!!!
Omg you are a life saver. I just fixed my toilet for under $7 when plumber wanted $$$. Thank you!!!
This just saved me a ton of time and money replacing the whole assembly. Thank you!
Heed his warning! Buy the product directly from the manufacturer! I went to Home Depot and bought a knockoff, didn’t work at all. Purchased another from the manufacturer and it worked.
Honestly couldn’t tell you the difference between the two- same size and everything. But the knockoff from Home Depot did not work at all.
Extremely helpful video, thanks man👍
You’re welcome! Thanks for the kind comment.
ty for the video, i just bought the whole flush valve assembly, at Lowes, only had 1 in stock, home depot only carries it online, even though that's where i bought toilet. there valve i bought was American standard but was slightly different, (you can now take bottom off guide rod, but i just replaced the gasket without changing the whole valve, and it's working perfect. the screws on top was hard to turn, due to locking system, but needle nose pliers did the trick. wish I'd seen the video and just bought the gasket. but it's working, I'm done, wife happy, and didn't need to take tank off. ty.
Thank you! After replacing the flush handle, the Champion was still very hard to flush, then I saw your video! I ordered the American Standard gasket and O ring, and successfully replaced them while watching your video. It flushes easily once again!
Nice job!👍
Excellent video!! i searched many times here on youtube in search of a fix for this part! i thought that i was gonna have to disassemble the tank from the toilet for repairs! Thanks to your video, alls i have to do is order from american standard! the hardest part in finding your video was knowing the terminology that got me here! Thanks so very mucho! Once again, you and RUclips have save me the cost of a professional!!!
Thanks to you and your son!
Mine is over 5 years old, but, taking it off after watching your video mine is beyond bad, starting leaking I think last Friday. Thank you again, great video! Take care!
worked like a charm. I'm the furthest thing from a plumber and completed this task in 10 minutes. Thank you so much.
Absolutely the problem with mine. It had bubbles. I went to Home Depot and purchased one for $7. Thanks so much!
I just did a repair exactly like this without seeing your video, and it was exactly that simple too!
You just saved me a lot of money. I thought I would have to replace the whole flush assembly. I called American Standard and they will send me the gasket. I had no idea you could just replace the gasket only and solve the problem. AS must be very familiar with this problem. This leak has been aggravating me for a while and your video is just what I needed to figure out what to do without calling a plumber to replace the flush assembly which I did about 7 years ago. Thanks for your video - great work!
Brilliant! Was about to replace the whole flush valve (remove the whole tank!), and felt the seal, and found one big and 5 small bumps. Relaxed the seal - about the same 2 minutes that it took here! - the ghost flushes have stopped!
Nice work!
We had a $400 water bill and a $190 charge to hire a plumber to tell us it’s the flush valve and you can’t just go to the hardware to buy it. Thank you, for this awesome video. It’s very much appreciated and your little helper there is the cutest little guy, I think he needs a raise 🥰
Brand new at 14-15 months it started. A handy man installed. I bought whole replacement valve kits by American standard.
Great demonstration. Your cameraman rocks too. Thx.
Thanks! I’ll let him know👍
I’m happy to help!👍😎🎉
This just saved me a lot of time, frustration and money locating the source of the leak and/or replacing the whole assembly. Thank you!
Wow............Great instructional video. Only took a few minutes.
FINALLY!! What a lifesaver this video is! I know my seal is where the problem is but assumed it was due to rust/iron build up and just wanted to take it apart and clean or replace just the seal but was sooo afraid that rod in the middle would fall down into the toilet causing major issues if I could not get it back and EVERY video, picture, or set of instructions had me pulling the tank off to do ANYTHING with it which I cannot do with a bad back. Thank you so much!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! This 71 year old fixed her toilet in less than 10 minutes for under $7!
I bought 3 of these toilets based on Consumer Reports and all 3 are leaking. I lost my receipt and have to pay American Standard for replacement parts. Now I don't trust American Standard or Consumer Reports. Thanks for posting this video. Great explanations and video positioning.
Hafeez Jaffer If you don’t have your receipt, purchase the ones on Amazon. Go through the link I have in the description. Some on Amazon are the real thing and some are knock offs. The link I have on there will take you right to the real one. It’s less expensive than if you go through American standard and you’ll get it faster.
Good luck with it.
In fairness to Consumer Reports it would be prohibitively expensive to test toilets long enough for a flaw like this to show up. American Standard should do the right thing and offer free replacement parts.
Consumer Reports mostly tests for performance as new, not for long-term reliability.
I would call AMer. Std back and point out that it is a well documented problem online about the blistering/bubbling of the gasket material and you want to talk with a CSR supervisor. As to a receipt, unless you paid cash for 3 toilets, go back thru your checks or credit card statements and find the check or expenditure. with that you can get a copy of the check or a record of the charge.
You probably installed it wrong
Thanks for a great video! I've replaced several of these gaskets over the 11 years that I've owned two of the Champion 4's. Thanks to your video, this is the first time I've replaced one myself. They ARE awesome toilets otherwise. American Standard has never charged me a cent for any of the replacement gaskets. (Love your cameraman.)
I was so frustrated reading all the bad comments about cracked tanks and thought I would have to replace at least the tank if not the whole toilet. You just saved me Hundreds of dollars Thanks keep up the good work
The video was awesome, and if you need to use the toilet because you can't get to the store you can heat up each bubble and the bubble will burst leaving that place flat.
After watching this video, I ordered 3 gasket kits for my exactly-the-same-age toilets (over 4 years old). One has begun ghost flushing, and I found the blisters you describe. Oddly, it is the toilet with the middle amount of use, of the three. The other two appear to still be perfect.
While waiting on the new seals, I took the defective seal off, and used a straight pin to pierce each blister. Water squirted out of some of them, but I pressed on each one, and emptied a drop of water from each blister. This made the defective seal look and work, perfectly.
Perhaps the manufacturing process leaves some specks of very hydroscopic material (curing agent?) in the gasket, that slowly absorbs water, inflating the blisters. I'm going to wait a while before replacing the seal, to see if new blisters appear.
By the way, all the nuts were way over tightened, at the factory, and I was afraid they would break, if I turned them hard enough to come loose. I poured a cup of hot water, over the top of the valve and this softened the plastic enough to get them past the first click, without breaking.
Great 'additional-information'!Thanks'!
Screw this. Going to Mansfield.
Thanks to your video, I was able to diagnose the problem with my toilet quickly. However, I did not have to replace the gasket. Like a blister we have on our hands, I pierced it with the tip of a sharp knife and expressed the water from the blister. The gasket was perfectly flat afterwards and I reinstalled it. No more leaks for now. If it happens again, I’ll do the same thing until the gasket is too worn out to be reused.
Exactly what I did, works well.
Same
thanks just sent this video to my dad to change his out. hes was about to buy all new guts
Fantastic! Exactly what the issue was. I "popped" the bubbles with a razor blade and the the leak stopped. Still going to replace the gasket but quick stop gap. Our last water bill was $400 because of this leak!
Nice job👍
Thanks for the video. I have four of them. 3 are leaking. Water bill has been going up for months. For those that are having a hard time unscrewing the nut... I used needle nose pliers and it pops right over that plastic stop. Popping holes in the blisters and putting it back together while waiting for replacement was also a great comment down below.
Thank you for posting!Just ordered my gaskets'!Glad I did not have to replace the 'barrel-assembly'!It's 'very- tightly' screwed in the bottom of the toilet/porcelain!🍻
I am grateful that there are guys like you on youtube sharing this info...
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Thanks a bunch! Single mom here! So happy how easy this fix is! Been turning water on and off as I have a water bill!
Thanks for the video, it is very helpful. I actually watched the second one first, so when you said you were handing the camera to your camera man in the second video, I thought you had a plumber friend helping you. When I saw your camera man I couldn't help laughing. He is a very capable camera man, I saw everything clearly.
I purchased a new gasket to install and eliminate my ghost flush. I heard your tip about Vaseline on the gasket to help eliminate the ghost flush.IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO CHANGE THE GASKET
you are a good teacher. and you have an excellent camera man.
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Thank you for mentioning how the top nut snaps, thought it was going to break! So helpful.
Love this video. I wasn't sure how to remove the flapper. Didn't want to force something that shouldn't be forced. This was A LOT of help. Thank you
Thank you! This simple fix was what I needed. I've changed 30 ballcock assemblies and just bought a replacement without looking at the toilet. Once I lifted the lid, I had quite the surprise with the newer valve. (DUH, I know...) Returned the other item and bought the gasket only and fixed the leak in 1 minute. You're a champ, mate!
Thank you very much. Saved me from replacing the insides, once again on another toilet.
OMG Thank you thank you thank all it took was a hundred videos to finally find yours that actually worked. My bf thanks you and your camera guy was great. Have a blessed day
I replaced the entire flushing parts system and it took me no more than 10 minutes. Thanks so much.
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Am Std is now using a red gasket and hopefully corrects problem of ghost flushing. (Sept, 2024) not yet available at Home Depot, but soon.
Thank you. This was my problem. One quick stop to the hardware store and back in "business" within 5 minutes. Thanks for the video. Update: It was still leaking by a little. Another video talked about making sure the 4 notches on the lid line up before screwing it back together. That seems to have done the trick. Still, this was very helpful. Thanks again.
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Thanks. My toilet has been running for weeks and I had noticed the bubble. My local hardware store didn’t have the same seal, so I have been turning the water off and on to use the toilet while I searched online. I punctured the bubble and the leak stopped. I also ordered a genuine part for later on. My electric bill (for the well pump) was enormous last month, so I think it’s been leaking for several weeks or maybe even longer than I realized.
Appreciate the video and your helper.
The cap shown is the older version. The newer version requires you to grab stem underneath a twist, two clicks and unscrew.
I can't get it to unscrew. It slips!!
Wow! I cannot say thank you enough for your video! You are a life saver! This leak has been very stressful to me as I have not been well and my toilet is just a little over a year old. Its been leaking for months and I didn't understand how a brand new toilet could be leaking so soon. But thanks to you with your good video , great explanation and your cute little camera man. I was able to fix my toilet and now know what I need to do in the future to keep it from leaking again. Keep up the good work and God bless 😊
Having watched the video, I just ordered the gasket kit for original parts thru Lowes. Amazon had a link at the beginning of the comments section, but they all seemed to be aftermarket knockoffs. I don’t know if it’s planned obsolescence, lack of quality control, lack of pride in doing something well, or a combination of the above, but things made nowadays seem to fall apart rather quickly. I don’t remember growing up with having to have stuff repaired or replaced with such frequency. 🙄
I wish I had watched this first. I bought the whole gizmo - the hard green plastic cap plus the gasket - and waited five days for it to arrive from some plumbing company. Had I known, I would have just ordered the gaskets, but I think I may as well order a few anyway for future quick changes. Thanks for making this very helpful video!
concise presentation, excellent cameraman!
Had the same exact bubble you had. Replaced the seal and no more problems. Thank you for the step by step.
You’re welcome, glad it worked! Thank you for the kind comment.👍😎
I bought five of them. One is leaking. Lowe’s guy suggested I use some silicone grease and it worked. I am going to bring him donuts as appreciation and the fact that he saved me a few hundred dollars.
Worked like a charm! I'm the furthest thing from a plumber and completed this task in 10 minutes. Thank you so much.
Thanks! I installed two toilets (by a plumber) 3+ years ago; one leaked, the other is still fine. Got a 2-pack of the seals at Amazon for $8 (I have prime). Quick fix in 10 mins. The only part that takes a little courage is the first twist of that top nut. I felt that I would snap it (but didn't). After that, easy peasy. I counted 13 bubbles on the old seal. I'll just keep a few seals in my shop, and replace as often as I have to, no big deal. Our municipal water has a lot of chlorine in it, I wonder if that's the reason. Cheap fix for an otherwise great toilet.
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Ben did an amazing job!! 👏🏾👏🏾 Great video, cameraman has a steady hand and he listened well. I appreciate the details and information.
Thank you so much! I have exactly this problem and it brought up my water bill noticeably. Your video will save my water bill.
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After watching your video I did the entire repair in three minutes, including turning the water off/on!
Thanks, fixed my issue. Amazing how American Standard managed to use a gasket material that can't hold up to such a simple environment like a toilet bowl. There's zero UV light, the temperature is cool, and it's not having that much pressure exerted on it. Yet, the god forsaken things can't last past a couple of years. I swapped mine out and it had two water-filled "blisters."
Good analysis, friend. You'd think the "engineers" could have figured out how to not make this thing leak. Glad I don't own this toilet (it's my parents'). It's freakin' 2019. I mean, we put a man on the moon 50 years ago, but can't make a toilet that doesn't leak??
Never had this much problem with the old flapper valves. Not new and improved, just new.
We had the same exact issue. Your video saved us a plumber visit. The gasket that was leaking had the small bubble like you said. Thanks!!
Now that I'm old and nothing is "standard' or 'universal' anymore. I will never go to Home Depot again w/o first investigating ANY project on YTube. Because I think we all know by now Home Depot has every thing you don't need. Thank you for the info and link, cheers !
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Your cameraman is the Best!!!
I just purchased (2) of these American Standard toilets. (1) of them started doing it about 9 months in. Since the Champion toilets have a 10 year warranty they will send them to you for free. They are sending me (2) since I have two because this must be a known flaw. Mine had 3-4 bubbles like what you were showing. Thanks for your video, it did help save me time on the repair.
It took two weeks after I contacted them for American Standard to get the replacement gasket to me. Installation was a snap thanks to your video. Sure enough, the old gasket had three bubbles in it. I have two American Standard Champion 4 toilets. The first one was purchased in 2011 and has not started leaking yet. The second purchased in 2012 started leaking a few months ago. So my experience has been a little better than yours. I do agree with your assessment that these are awesome toilets. I may replace the gasket in the older toilet just to be ahead of the game. I think this is a design flaw and American Standard should offer free replacement parts regardless of whether or not you have your receipt. I did have my receipt, but how many people save their receipts for 10 years? Thanks for taking the time to post this video. Oh, and thanks to Ben also.
Thanks for the video and product link sir! Helped me out with slow leak without replacing entire flush kit as I was about to do.
Very helpful. Thank Ben for the camera work.
Excellent video. Just one pointer for you if you read the American standard literature they tell you not to use the chlorine pucks inside the tank, as it will distort your washer
I can't believe how easy this was and how much money this saved me. Thought I was going to have to call a plumber and then watched this video. American Standard have been a great company, too.
It took a while for American Standard to send my replacement in. So in the mean time, what I did was puncture all the bubbles I saw or felt and it helped out A LOT!
Thank buddy. I’d be in the shower and the water would kick down a little. Blamed family members for running water until nobody was home. Ice machine got the blame for a while then until it was too frequently. Sure enough mine just had about 5 bubbles. Thanks again.
😂 Good investigating 👍 Happy to help.
Thanks for this video. Water bill was tripled this past month.
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Excellent video and thx for sharing! The cameraman also did a great job!
Thank you! I’m so glad I saw this video. I thought I had to replace the entire valve! Took tank off back and then saw this! Thanks again. Much easier! Good to know because I also have two of these toilets!
you are a rockstar and so is your videographer!!! the other issue I had was how to adjust the tiny chain connecting the arm to the flapper
I"m a female who knows very little about toilets but seem to have stumbled on this problem with my Champion toilet as well ghost flushing...It stressed me out big time lately so thanks for making this video...i think after watching it a few times, I'm hoping to be able to get this fixed. thank u.
You can do it! I believe in you!
I just popped the bubbles and kept the same gasket. Thanks for posting!
Perfect...I just did the same and it no longer leaks!! Bravo!
Thanks for the video. As you mentioned I did find bubbles on the gasket. However, I found the alternate temporary solution to the problem. Since I didn't have a new gasket, I took a needle and started puncturing all those tiny bubbles. As I was puncturing them a very small amount of water came out of it. Be careful not to puncture all the way through, just enough to flatten the bubble. I did that last night, and now no more dripping, or filling of tank after every 5 minutes.
This is exactly what I did
perfect thanks for the tutorial, had about 5 bubbles it looks like, 6 year old , so it was overdue. Kept hearing the toliet add water, solved it. Did have to use pliers though to counter clock wise the top part only difference.
Thanks for the reply. Directional is always a consideration. Good to know this seal is not directional.
Agreed. I checked it twice before I installed it just to make sure. Both sides are exactly the same.
Thank you very much! This fix was great. I could not get through to American Standard though on the phone, the wait time kept going UP instead of down. Terrible customer service, so I opted to buy the one at home depot for now.
Great video. I got 2 of these toilets and was surprised they both have a problem. Thanks for the fix.
Thank you for this video. Followed the instructions and my toilet now works perfectly.
Tip: if you cannot unscrew the top by hand, carefully use plyers or something similar.
The plumber that installed my toilet tightened it one time too many
Many thanks to this detailed video as I already changed the float, then change the rubber gaskets and it was still running😡It wasn’t until I saw this video The detail showing it how to hook the black nut up to the green base and gasket. Click made a huge difference thank you very much my toilet is not driving me nuts anymore😁
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Thanks a great refresher. For some reason, our American Standard rubber only lasts about 3 months on two toilets... The Home Depot ones only lasted about 2 months.
I have been told that using toilet cleaner in flush tank will cause the flush seal to go bad sooner. Good video and helped a lot thanks.
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Thank you you made it easy enough to knock it out with your video. Thanks Ben you did a great job recording your dad's work 👍
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Awesome! I appreciate your video. Sure enough my seal had 3 bubbles, causing a leak. Couldn't figure out how to separate the top, as I ended up having to use pliers to turn the black tab.
Now it's back together, running great. Thanks!
Thanks for the concise walk-through. Great job by sidekick also. Say goodbye to ghost flushes!
This is so helpful. I've been putting this off for weeks now, but you make it look so easy that I ordered the part today! 😊
Thanks!
I called American Standard to get a gasket. I didn't have a receipt but they didn't charge me (which they shouldn't since it's a flaw in the toilet). They sent me 2 gasket kits for free. Solved the problem of the running toilet.