Friends strange leaking loo

[dave knight]

Hi all.

Got a query from a friend and it's got me a little stumped. I'll post her exact words to me.

hey hun,have a question for you! so our toilet sprung a bloody leak from the pipe at the plastic knuckle bit (?)that fills up the cistern it dripped pretty constantly and over 24hrs filled up 4 bucket-loads of water. called landlord he's calling plumber etc however since he made the magic call the ******* thing stopped dripping on it's own accord and the pipe is bone dry flushes and refills cistern no problem.

question? do we have poltergeist? x

Now, I don't think it's a supernatural problem, but I do find a bit odd. If it was dirt in a valve I could understand it not shutting off. But a mysterious leak appearing then going! Bizarre.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[johnmcginty]

Most likely She may have had a broken overflow pipe that she thinks was the inlet and/or the ball cock was shutting off too late and going over the external overflow which is not watertight, and now fixed itself as they sometimes do.

 

[dave knight]

Ah that would make more sense. Must admit the plastic knuckle bit had me confused. Am waiting on some pictures so I could get a better idea. Nice one mate. Appreciate your response.