miniwing2 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Preping my top 80 ready for later and noticed the fuel filter keep running dry .Its been stood for two weeks any ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieG Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Mine does this too, quite normal, just the fuel slowly siphoning back into the tank over time. Blow into the tank via the vent to pressure it up a little, quickly block the vent with your finger then tickle the carb diaphragm until the filter fills up and you see the fuel in the fuel line arrive at the carb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtybirdg79 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 I also have a miniplane top 80 and my filter is nearly empty. This literally drove me mad for a week or two. But after researching it and running with no issues and no overheating, I've realized that it's probably a non issue. Goldy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin (Simon W) Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Problem solved but I will let @miniwing2 or @spigot tell you how, quickly, simply and cheap this was to fix. SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miniwing2 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hi Dirtybirdg79 Just read your post,you might get a reply from Spigot because he was the guy who fixed mine,Yea you say you have not got issues with a low filter ,hope it stays that way,though it could be an early sign that the diaphram needs replacing that is what Spigot did to mine after that the fuel level came up and stayed up and it did tick over better ,so in my case it did need replacing,thank,s for the imput anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtybirdg79 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hmmmm, Good to know. I guess I didn't think of it being an issue with the diaphram since my motor is brand new. I will check into this though. Don't want any issues and get caught out. Thanks for the heads up Goldy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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