Look at the pan
From a normal viewing position, note a steady trickle, rippling or water movement after the flush should have finished.
Running-toilet symptom
The toilet keeps running after the flush ends.
Continuous water may be heard at the cistern, seen entering the pan or noticed as repeated refilling. Capture that pattern without removing the cistern mechanism.
Observe one quiet interval
Where does the running continue?
Keep the toilet out of repeated use while you note the visible or audible sequence.
Listen to the cistern
Record whether filling continues steadily, stops and restarts, or never seems to finish.
Time the pattern
A rough description such as constant or intermittent is enough.
Running water and toilet repair
Continuous running is a toilet repair symptom.
See Toilet Repair for continuous running, refilling or a cistern mechanism concern. If pan water rises or waste drains slowly, see Blocked Toilet instead.
Details to carry forward
- Whether water is seen, heard or both
- Pan or cistern location
- Constant or intermittent pattern
- What happens after a flush
- Any change at the flush control
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Describe where the water keeps moving.
Add what happens after a flush and whether the continuing sound or movement is constant or intermittent.
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