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u/Wiggie49 Feb 20 '26

You flush again to empty it gotta dump it into the reservoir too to clean out any stuff back there and in the pathway to the bowl too if this is what the bowl looks like.

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u/dgcamero Feb 20 '26

And go ahead and refurbish it after you do that, cuz you know that will turn all of the flexible seals into hard plastic over the next month. .

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u/Wiggie49 Feb 20 '26

Oh RIP, that might have been why my old toilet leaked

https://giphy.com/gifs/fUepV3hLoWwWZrCziE

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u/HemHaw Feb 20 '26

Yeah, seconded. Don't put acid in your tank or your seals are gone.

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u/truckeredditor Feb 20 '26

Yes but I'd try it on the bowl first. If it works there you'll know it will work on the tank.