Small adjustment or fix to a toilet float to fix constant draining?
Two days ago and previously the sink worked properly. Yesterday I noticed it was continuing to drain after a flush [through the drain pipe in purple]. The reason is that the actuator [in red] does not get lifted/float properly. A "fix" [but needed after every flush] is to simply lift the actuator [pictured in purple ] a little and let go.
This problem does not seem to be addressable via that screw on the actuator. Instead maybe some part of the broader mechanism is a little 'tight', causing the actuator/float to stick? What can be done to fix this: is there any cleaning or adjustment? If not what should I replace?
Update. I have found a more specific "fix" to this. The cylindrical black portion of the float gets "stuck". If I bump it to unstick it the actuator arm lifts up as well and then the draining stops. I did add a small shim to ensure the black piece were not contacting the back of the sink bowl (it was..). but surprisingly that did not make a difference.
Question from user WestCoastProjects at .stackexchange.com.
Answer:
screw in the thing that stops water flow so it turns off before it reaches the overflow.
Answer from user Tiger Guy at .stackexchange.com.
Two days ago and previously the sink worked properly. Yesterday I noticed it was continuing to drain after a flush [through the drain pipe in purple]. The reason is that the actuator [in red] does not get lifted/float properly. A "fix" [but needed after every flush] is to simply lift the actuator [pictured in purple ] a little and let go.
This problem does not seem to be addressable via that screw on the actuator. Instead maybe some part of the broader mechanism is a little 'tight', causing the actuator/float to stick? What can be done to fix this: is there any cleaning or adjustment? If not what should I replace?
Update. I have found a more specific "fix" to this. The cylindrical black portion of the float gets "stuck". If I bump it to unstick it the actuator arm lifts up as well and then the draining stops. I did add a small shim to ensure the black piece were not contacting the back of the sink bowl (it was..). but surprisingly that did not make a difference.
Question from user WestCoastProjects at .stackexchange.com.
Answer:
screw in the thing that stops water flow so it turns off before it reaches the overflow.
Answer from user Tiger Guy at .stackexchange.com.