whisper filter problem

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polosniffer

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I've had a whisper filter running on my tank for over a year, but recently the flow has gone down to a trickle (even if you take out the filter bag so there's no resistance). I've tried taking the impeller out and rinsing it and it's housing. This might have produced a marginal improvement (it's hard to tell) but still nowhere near the flow that there used to be. Any suggestions?
 
You could also try taking the filter apart and cleaning the tube the impeller slides into with a tooth brush. It might be gunked up. Also try cleaning the metal rod and make sure nothing is wound around it that might prevent the rod from spinning properly.
 
is there any buildup on the impeller? mine usally has white or gray stuff on it that i have to clean off try spinning the impeller to see if its still going smooth.
 
take the part that powers the filter (goes into the bottom) off and clean it with a q-tip inside. You have to turn it 90 degrees to get it off. I had some buildup in there and it improved the flow.


Aaron
 
try taking out the filter bag and clean it, then unplug ur filter and clean the inside of it, because it mite be clogged up soo try doing that
 
I had the same problem after a blackout...it would'nt start back up. The motor is removable and I cleaned it out very cood with a tube brush, which alot if junk did come out, which returned the flow to normal.
 
Originally posted by SEW1965
I had the same problem after a blackout...it would'nt start back up. The motor is removable and I cleaned it out very cood with a tube brush, which alot if junk did come out, which returned the flow to normal.
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my tetratec did that....and it was about 2 months old....weird
 
Thanks for the replies guys. I'd already tried cleaning the impeller itself but I couldn't really reach deep down into the housing to clean it out. Hebdizzle, thanks for letting me know that the motor was removable - that made it much easier to get in there. After removing all the buildup I could find, flow seems to have improved quite a bit. Problem solved it seems.
 
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