# Toilet and its replacement losing water

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-and-its-replacement-losing-water/762160>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-and-its-replacement-losing-water/762160 "2016-08-08T17:57:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-and-its-replacement-losing-water/762160/21 "2016-08-09T23:14:42Z")

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[ol]  
[li]Fill the toilet tank. Measure the water depth.[/li][li]Now go away.[/li][li]When you come back later and find the bowl empty, but the tank is still full, the problem isn’t with a leaking flapper.[/li][/ol]

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**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-and-its-replacement-losing-water/762160/22 "2016-08-10T16:03:07Z")

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Not quite the same thing but bleach in the toilet bowl can make the level drop. I think it was bleach anyway that mum used to put in there!

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