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Michele H (IN)
If a toilet won't flush by pouring a bucket of water in the bowl,is it definitely a sewer line clog. Not the innerds of the tank?
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hj (AZ)
IT is either the main line or the toilet itself. Either one could give the same symptoms and a bucket of water will not help to diagnose it.
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packy (MA)
if it is the toilet itself, a toilet auger will clear it.
if that doesn't work the the toilet needs to be removed and the piping below it needs to be cleared of the obstruction.
toilet auger...
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Michele H (IN)
Yeh,the auger didn't clear it,figured it had to be farther down. Thank you
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packy (MA)
then you gotta pull the toilet and run a decent size snake wire down the pipe.
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Wheelchair (IL)
Yes, it would not have anything to do with the tank. You have a clog/blockage further down the line. Rent a sewer rodder and have a go at it.
Be Safe
Best Wishes
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Michele H (IN)
Thank you,Wheelchair
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Michele H (IN)
I want to thank all of you for the good advice. My first time renting one of those badboys.Pretty cool to use,but,I don't wanna have to again,honestly. Plumbers Rock ! Thank You
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