We have had our filter for 5 years, replacing the filter every year. Now it has started rattling very loudly at the plastic hosing. Any ideas?
1993948
As Capt Sacto mentions, that sounds like an air bubble. Mine did this. I shut off the water, removed the cartridge, turned it upside down and drained it as good as possible, then reinstalled it. Flushed the system with water again and everything was fine.
1993949
Sounds like you have air trapped in the system. You could try taking the filters out and flushing the system with water and reinstalling the filters. I'm assuming that you have no leaks in it.
1993950
That happened to me once. The cause was a faulty new filter. I returned the filters for replacement. That solved the problem. If your filters have been used for awhile, try replacing them. I would also suggest you replace your filters more often. We are a household of two and we replace the ever six months. As we get close to six months, I've noticed that the strength of water flow diminishes.
1993951
That happened to me once. The cause was a faulty new filter. I returned the filter for replacement. That solved the problem. If your filter has been used for awhile, try replacing it. I would also suggest you replace
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I just went through this issue as well, with the New and Improved filters...as Special Etc mentioned, it was because I hadn't pushed down on the filter enough to create a seal. I could actually see water leaking out the bottom, in addition to it pouring out the 4 holes. After pulling it out, re-inserting it and pushing it down hard, it sat much better and the filtering was back to normal again.
407836
Hi, you remove the little black plastic clip in the screw on top and put a new filter in there and replace the plastic clip. Hope that helps.
1503460
I am not an appliance technician. Possibly the problem is with the o-ring seal. Not the filter. If you still have the old one try swapping the o-ring from the filter you removed. Other than that I have no idea.
877160
It's definitely the filter, if you have a new filter replace it if not take the filter out and see if it still happens, I had a exact same problem, replacing the filter took care of it. I even tried to clean the filter but that didn't help.
1487067
It should not be, did you mount it securely? is it vibrating the window that isnt fully secured properly with the foam insulation to deaden noise and insulate against heat getting in? Has it been noisy since day one? what sort of noise is it? rattling is likely window vibration due to not being securely mounted, if its not that, its possibly a bad part in the blower. if its a squealing its definitely a bad part. if its metalic grinding its a bearing. we need more info.
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I have two 306 filters.One is about 3 years old, the other a few months old.I clean them and replace some filter media about one every 2-3 months.So the one that is 3 years old has at least 15 cleanings on it.I have never had anyone leak on me.Make sure the black rubber gasket around the motor housing is seated in the correct spot. also another good thing is to put a drop of baby oil on your finger and lube up the gasket.Sometimes the gasket can get brittle.
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Mine, after 18 months has started making that noise. I will clean the filter as another respondent mentioned. Mine is still working very well.
606352
Yes I had that issue when I replaced my filters. If it is comming from the two large openings then unscrew them and re-seat the rubber o-ring. Screw the caps back on and that fixed my problem.
504015
This happened to me as well on the 2nd day. Initially, I soaked my filter many times and that didn't help. Eventually it finally stopped today after I shook the filter. It was so frustrating. I guessing maybe this has something to do with the fact that there are 3 layers of the filter materials. Perhaps the mineral particles shuffled to the very bottom but they're supposed to be at the top, according to the pic in the brochure. This is just a guess.
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This filter didn't work out for me. Mine started making noises too. It then stopped working all together. I've replaced it with the Tetra whisper power filter. We have three tanks all using this filter and have had no problems.
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traditional dryers can easily get rattling noise if something small gets sucked into the filtering process... but This one I doubt that is much of an issue, I've had mine about that long, and I don't have a rattling noise. Try slowly rotating the inner drum, and see if something 'moves' inside (aka... drops b/c it was ontop of the drum or something else, or something inside the inner 'bumps' that push the cloths)
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Hello. The filter will start making a gurgling noise when you need to change it. They are small and seem to need changing frequently. If it is a new filter you also may want to add water to tank to stop the noise. Filter should slide in the grooves and all the way down. I don't think it's suppose to be partially pulled out
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Try pushing the prime button while the filter is running. It will help purge the excess air from the system. If it doesn't help, the company that makes the filter is really good about helping you fix any issues with the unit even if it means sending you a replacement. I had a problem with my filter leaking and they sent me another one right away. Since then I have had no issues with the filter.
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I haven't had any problems with mine since I put it in. Mine been in for at least four months now, my old filter in had to clean it every month and half.
2025075
Same thing happened to me with the filter collapsing--I plan to check status of filter every so often and apply glue if needed. I believe the glue dries out prematurely.
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Check to make sure it is going on the right rail. I had the same problem the first time I changed my filter.