Yep. Fought it and fought it tore it apart at every connection and cleaned it out good. Now same thing as mentioned before the day just disconnect and blow it out you'll be amazed at the amount of fuzz that comes out the exhaust. 

Double check the one-way valve. Mine actually was sticking or should say the flap was. Replaced it and it helped a bunch.

Johnnyskeptical is the guy that gave me this wisdom