Issue with wix fuel filters

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I have a case engine that uses wix fuel filters 33381 and 33380, the 81 filter installs with the drain valve at the bottom and the 80 filter intalls with the drain valve at the top.
When i installed them last year I noticed the 80 filter (secondary ) wouldn't bleed left it open for a few minutes and no fuel came out, this is a gravity system .
Opened the fuel pump and it let out fuel with a good flow. Having no other filters and stores closed I started the engine and it ran fine , over the past year I would open the bleed valve and nothing would come out. Found this odd, this alone with other thing I have started moving away from wix and bought baldwin filters this year. The baldwin filters blead quick and without issue. Has anyone had this issue ? I cut the old wix filters open today and didn't find anything wrong, I could see the secondary filter media had a distinct line where the fuel level was about halfway up the filter. one other note the 80 filter should come with a rubber gasket that goes around the thread , the past 2 filters have not come with the gasket and I reused the old one , again another strike for wix.
 
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