Toilet Not Flushing Properly

My toilet does not fill back with water when I hold down the lever for a few seconds, but it flushes fine when I do a quick flush. What can cause that? I also hear a thump in the wall when I flush sometimes.

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02/17/2011

The thump you are hearing in the wall is called water hammer. This article might help you out.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/home- ... ement/plumbing/how-to-fix-pipes5.htm

And this might help with the toilet flushing thing.
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/plumbing/holding-down-flusher-36262.html

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My downstairs toilet has been giving me a problem for about a month now. I always have to flush twice to get rid of the urine color. The 1st flush, the water swirls, but goes down slowly like the toilet is clogged. The 2nd time the water goes down nicely. It is like this every time. What is wrong with it?

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By kitkatk100 04/10/2013

Whenever our toilet acts like it's clogged, I squirt some dishwashing detergent into it, wait at least 15 minutes, and then flush. It clears it every time. Good luck!