Leak between cistern and toilet

"Mike Dodd" wrote in news:40f83d14$0$6445$ snipped-for-privacy@news-text.dial.pipex.com:

CAN YOU TELL IF IT L(Whoops)eaks all the time - that's the washer , or only when you flush - the big rubber ring.

Easily obtainable at proper plumbers suppliers, not so sure about sheds.

You may well have trouble with rusty nuts on the flange that locates the cistern on the bowl

HTH

mike

Not quite sure from your description where the leak is but... on my toilet water started to trickle into the pan all the time, initially I thought that the seal had failed but discovered that it was simply the adjustors on the flush button(s) had moved holding the mechanism slightly open. A quick twist and all OK. Hope yours is the same:-)

Peter

Appears to leak all the time - starting to remember helping a mate replace 4 corroded bolts in his cistern years ago, when they first moved in. Sigh, from memory, had to file flats on the protruded bolts to hold them fast with a pair of pliers, whilst "persuading" the nuts off.

Ho hum, time to get messy.

Thanks

Mike

"Mike Dodd" wrote | Ho hum, time to get messy.

At least you're dealing with the clean water input to the pan, and not the less clean pan output.

Owain

Written was;

Suggestion: In addition to the main 'sealing washer' at the intersection of the cistern and the toilet bowl; consider buying a couple of brass (or stainless) bolts and nuts And a washer or two) along with new 'rubber/neoprene washers' usually present under heads of bolts in bottom of the cistern tank.

Dremel? Cut the nuts off, replace bolts with nice stainless ones.

"Owain" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@damia.uk.clara.net:

Damn right, I'd fergotten to mentiont hat silver lining

mike

Called a doughnut washer or doughnut ring. I seem to recall there are a couple of different profiles, but a new one doesn't look much like an old one you took out, which will have become deformed to fit the space.

To all that replied, thanks for the helpful suggestions.

In the end, it was a lot more straight-forward than I'd dreaded, the bolts connecting cistern to bowl were mounted on a plate that was bolted to the outlet spigot (is that the word?), hence outside the cistern. It must have been the washer / grommet (