My Single Mom Life

You all know of my toilet troubles by now, but I think I figured out a partial cause.

I don't know what the part/hole is called, maybe the siphon?
Ok, if you go look in your bowl, you will see the big hole in the back where the water flows out of the toilet and a small hole, more towards the front of the bowl on the bottom.
You know what I'm talking about I hope.
Anyway, I noticed today that this small hole looked clogged or closed up.
It didn't look like any water was being pushed from it when you flush the toilet.
So I shut off the water to the tank and flushed several times to empty the bowl.
Once the water was emptied, I stuck my hand down there and felt the hole.
Sure enough, the porcelain had eroded somewhat and this hole was itty bitty.
I straightened a coat hanger and poked it in there and began twisting it in a circular motion and opened the hole back up as wide as I could scrape the gunky buildup/erosion off.
Then I turned the water back on and let the tank fill up and then flushed.
Holy shit! That thing sucked the water out like a vacuum!
Maybe that has been part of the over fill problem all along. The siphon pump part wasn't working right.
I dunno but it seems to be flushing like a million bucks now.

Who says you need a man around the house? lol