this is the cistern with the top off and you can see where the wire comes through and goes between those 2 white bits of plastic(which are cylindrical) but i can't work out how it holds it together? Next job - try and figure out how these units can be disconnected from the cistern - can't see any obvious way to do it yet. turn the valve 1/4 of a turn will dismantle the top of the valve from the base so you can gain access to the seal at the base. Pop lid off of valve, small flat screw driver on 4 little lug type things, and you will see the spring/cable/lever mechanism.

The reason it is not refilling is that, possibly, the inlet valve is one of the new generation of eco-friendly valves that is designed not to open until the water drops to a certain level. I then sprayed a load of WD40 onto the guide rails and the pully mechanism and then pulled on the cable repeatidly to get the WD40 to move around and do its buisness. Please note: Purchasing the replacement valve will require the removal of the complete valve assembly. When I leave in the morning the cistern is at the max fill (6L) marker, however when I get home it's sat at the minimum marker (4.

I have a dual flush button and cable, bottom fill valve in my cistern and it occasionally sticks open allowing the water to continue to drain out the cistern. Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Toolstation Ltd, acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. I've looked around t'internet and it would seem the water running would be down to a problem with the flush valve.

Look out for water saving features, quiet operation, WRAS approved, and ones that are suitable for high and/or low pressure systems, as well as the option of brass or plastic shanks. I will let everyone know how I go on, may be a useful guide for anyone with a similar problem in the future. When you say the big white bit is that the top of the tube closest to me that the blue tube goes in to?Use the tools cog symbol on your camera/phone/tablet to set the smallest image size, then post a picture. just had the exact same thing, kept taking the flush unit out, put it back in and it worked, just once tho then back to square one, lubing the plunger with WD40 works.

Is it possible that there is a cast recess in the bowl into which a nut sits, so that the cistern can be attached/detached purely from above? I've been noticing a constant trickle of water running down the back of the toilet bowl for the last month or so, it comes down in four separate places along the back. Faulty or damaged toilet fill valves can cause a toilet not to function properly and can waste water. It is quote new, we moved in around 8 months ago and I would say it's only been done in the last year or so.Although on my flush the smaller level indicator on the side of the unit was the trouble as it was sticking and preventing the plunger from going down far enough, you can ensure it is operating ok by making sure the that the bottom of the plunger is down a good 1 ins from the unit casing, if not it means the plunger is still sticking and the water will still run thru it into the toilet pan,so just make sure its 1 ins . I took off the cistern lid and poked around but couldn't make much sense of the workings - all the valves etc seem to be well hidden inside the plastic fittings and the way to remove them for inspection didn't seem obvious. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Unfortunately some moron has completely blocked in the back of the toilet (as it looks good, until something goes wrong.

This will be much easier if you have disconnected the push button end of the cable too so you have plenty of slack. And when it comes to turning the whole body of the valve, I said anti-clockwise - but looking at your pictures it could be clockwise. I then used a pencil to poke down the same hole and wiggle the small blue lever until it happily sprung back cleanly again. The top section of the valve is compatible with the now discontinued AFV40100 and AFV40200 models and simply fits into the existing cradles without removing the cistern.The only thing you can really do is take out the water undo the bolts from the inside and see where they fall away from.