Toilet Water Shut Off Valve

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Greetings,

After shutting off the water to the Toilet to fix something, the shutoff valve now leaks. I tried to tighten the packing nut - no luck - the pipe was starting to turn and I didn't want to break the pipe behind the wall.

So... I unscrewed the packing nut and went shopping for a new washer / neoprene ring to fix the problem. The guy at the store didn't have an exact match (the valve is 40 years old) and send me home with a wax and teflon washer. He said although it was not an exact match - it is smaller than the inside of the packing nut and larger than the valve stem .... that the wax would compress and expand to make it work.

His directions were basically to tighten + pray, tighten + pray, until it expanded to close all the gaps.

#1 Am I wasting my time ??
#2 Is the wax/teflon washer something that will fail in the near future ??

Many thanks for you time.

Stilltrying2 in Carolina
 
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Just replace the isolation valve with a new ballofix valve. Alot less stress than faffing around trying to fix the old one.
 

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