Question on fill time for a toilet

[lofsfire]

I will not use the tabs anymore. So my question now is: when one flushes a toilet fast, or slow, should the fill tank empty out completely?


I am getting different answers from different people on this. Right now a small flush only takes down the water by 1/3, a full flush will almost empty the tank......

1/3 sounds about right for Kohler but it does depend on the model and brand. I'll try to remember to look at mine tonight.

 

[jjj70095]

Toilet and water pump working fine. My plumber did say this week the amount of water that leaves the fill tank depends on the model of the toilet.
I think more recent toilets flush depend on quick or deep flush. My toilet up in loft is over 30 years old and all water leaves the fill tank even with a quick flush.

 

[ddhanna]

As I tried to explain in posts 9 and 16, there is no such thing as quick or deep flush including more recent toilets. A single press of the flush handle should release the contents of the tank. Some very new toilets , but not yours, have a dual setting option that lets you preset flushes to either .8 or 1.28 gallons. Your 30 year old model is likely 1.6 gallons.

 

[lofsfire]

Here's a Kohler 1.6 gallon. I think it was the Kohler Cimarron model from 2006. The model may not be right but the year is definitely.

I'm fairly sure I've rebuilt this once.