Leak coming from toilet pan nuts

[trevorbayliss]

I have a leak on a toilet. It is dripping from the nuts which hold the pan and the cistern together.

I haven’t been out to look yet but wondered if something might have broken in terms of the ceramic.

Will the fix be to just tighten the nuts ?

 

[denso13]

Will the fix be to just tighten the nuts ?

Possibly, is it just when flushed? Maybe needs a new donut washer.

 

[trevorbayliss]

No this is not when flushed as I know if that is the issue its the donut washer.

This is leaking constantly, a small drip, but it accumulated a pool under the toilet over night. I have seen a vid showing a drip running off one of the connecting bolts.

 

[denso13]

Must be leaking between the flush valve and cistern as well as the donut. Remove the flush valve, reseal and refit. Fit a new donut washer as well.

 

[trevorbayliss]

Do you think just a tighten on the flush valve nut might do it ?

When you reseal the flush valve will I need a new washer ?

 

[denso13]

Do you think just a tighten on the flush valve nut might do it ?

Possibly, if it's just loose. You'd need to have a look and see.

When you reseal the flush valve will I need a new washer ?

Possibly, can't tell that before you take it apart.

 

[Madrab]

It may have nuts and bolts that run all the way through from inside the cistern, with butterfly nuts and washer fitted below that pull the cistern down onto the pan, if so then those seals could be leaking.

Look inside the cistern, can you see bolt heads and rubber washer on the bottom of the cistern?

 

[trevorbayliss]

I am there tomorrow morning, but I think it does have the bolts going all the way through and has those big plug washers in the cistern.

 

[Sonic70]

My old toilet cistern used to get covered in condensation and run down and drip off one of the bolts underneath.

 

[trevorbayliss]

This is more than drips though. Its not condensation.