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Toilet dry up?
So sitting here all this time I flush the toilet once in a while so water does not evaporate and get crusty, Is there anything we could pour in toilet to keep it from drying up?? Maybe a little cooking oil or olive oil???
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You should exercise your water pump at least as often as toilet dries anyway. Shaft seal can stick.
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When we park the bus for storage I clean the toilet, and then using a plunger I push the water from the toilet, dry the bowl and I don’t have to worry about the build up of calcium or minerals on the bowl.
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When I go into storage mode, I flush with the pump out so there isn’t any water in the bowl. It’s worked well for us.
Bill
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A light, yet complete “layer” of olive oil will prevent evaporation, but as I type this now, wonder if anything would grow on the olive oil if left for an extended period of time. Not sure if it would matter, but perhaps baby oil…?
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I will flush it a couple times a week Thanks’
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Doing that assures you of getting a ring of mineral deposits at water level.
As water evaporates it leaves behind whatever minerals were in it. So let’s say 1/2 a week’s evaporation is 1/16 of an inch. Whatever minerals were in that 1/16 of and inch are now on the bowl just above the water line that has dropped.
No water in the bowl, no minerals to leave behind.
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that’s true turn off water and flush dry bowl
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I always just periodically flush while not in use. I also think it depends on the toilet make, seems logical that some should remain wet and not dried out.
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