If you bought a t3 and thought it was no good, and wonder how people think its great, your not alone. This may be the fix.
I purchased my first t3 filled it, awesome vape for 4 hits and then started gurgling, vaping poorly, muted flavor, and then leaking onto battery. All in my first vaping session. Then later leaked nearly all my juice. I was getting lots of juice in my mouth. After reading lots on here,trying things, and rebuilding to no avail I had given up on it. Still gurgling loosing juice on battery and out mouthpiece after a few pulls. Could not hold horizontal or mouthful. And yes all basics were in place. Using 100% vg. Real t3 brand new.
Long story short here.. When I put some juice in it I blew through the open end to clear the tube. And a lot of fluid came out the mouthpiece, more than could have been in the tube. Kept blowing through it and more juice came out and i know there was none in the tube.
*It has to be the top seal at the mouthpiece causing all my probs and rendering my t3 to be unusable.*
*So the fix is to taper/ flare the inner tube in the mouthpiece so it seals. First I checked alignment of the tube on the coil seal seat it was a little crooked got it straight with small screwdriver to tweak it. Tightened t3 all the way
* Used a small pair of scissors that fit in metal tube, pushed and Turned it to flare the tube out making a tighter fit on the top seal. Anything similar to flare the tube will work .. There will be metal shavings don't worry.
Filled it and totally muted flavor but no leak! Coil was full of crud from maybe .2 ml vaped before. Cleaned coil and wicks. Put in a ml and vaped it.. good flavor awesome vapor wow!!! Better than cartos! And no leaking, 3 days now and it's unbelievable. Hits so good I'm getting nic'd out. Biggest clouds I have seen. (this was with cotton wicks more vapor than silica I tried both , with notched cup seal also overwick 2 silica one 2 ml cotton) stock setup good but not as much vapor as this config stock is fine though)
*So the issue seems mouthpiece/ top tank seal is not consistent from factory.
I think The tank works like a straw to keep fluid from leaking out bottom. Any break of top seal will cause flooding/ poor vapes. It can also cause a quasi reverse wicking if really bad, cause you to pull through the tank a little. ie. flooding and dry hits. Muting flav and gunking coil.
I am back to stock setup and This thing hits incredibly now. Perfect little air bubble about every 3-4 full vapes. Now this is great. No leaking no drinking. Temp changes don't seem to make it leak. I think the temp problem is from the metal shrinking and loosing seal. I only had a tiny bit of leakage when at the .6 mark which is inherent of the device I believe.
You cannot draw too hard on the t3 either or you may get a little gurgle , holding horizontal a few vapes clears it up. The really nice thing about t3 is you don't have to suck hard like a ce4. Works best with slow draw. Any muted flavor is due to gunked coil/ wicks, hot water rinse works well.
Now all I need for a day is a full t3 and me. No clutter
Please keep posts on subject*
I purchased my first t3 filled it, awesome vape for 4 hits and then started gurgling, vaping poorly, muted flavor, and then leaking onto battery. All in my first vaping session. Then later leaked nearly all my juice. I was getting lots of juice in my mouth. After reading lots on here,trying things, and rebuilding to no avail I had given up on it. Still gurgling loosing juice on battery and out mouthpiece after a few pulls. Could not hold horizontal or mouthful. And yes all basics were in place. Using 100% vg. Real t3 brand new.
Long story short here.. When I put some juice in it I blew through the open end to clear the tube. And a lot of fluid came out the mouthpiece, more than could have been in the tube. Kept blowing through it and more juice came out and i know there was none in the tube.
*It has to be the top seal at the mouthpiece causing all my probs and rendering my t3 to be unusable.*
*So the fix is to taper/ flare the inner tube in the mouthpiece so it seals. First I checked alignment of the tube on the coil seal seat it was a little crooked got it straight with small screwdriver to tweak it. Tightened t3 all the way
* Used a small pair of scissors that fit in metal tube, pushed and Turned it to flare the tube out making a tighter fit on the top seal. Anything similar to flare the tube will work .. There will be metal shavings don't worry.
Filled it and totally muted flavor but no leak! Coil was full of crud from maybe .2 ml vaped before. Cleaned coil and wicks. Put in a ml and vaped it.. good flavor awesome vapor wow!!! Better than cartos! And no leaking, 3 days now and it's unbelievable. Hits so good I'm getting nic'd out. Biggest clouds I have seen. (this was with cotton wicks more vapor than silica I tried both , with notched cup seal also overwick 2 silica one 2 ml cotton) stock setup good but not as much vapor as this config stock is fine though)
*So the issue seems mouthpiece/ top tank seal is not consistent from factory.
I think The tank works like a straw to keep fluid from leaking out bottom. Any break of top seal will cause flooding/ poor vapes. It can also cause a quasi reverse wicking if really bad, cause you to pull through the tank a little. ie. flooding and dry hits. Muting flav and gunking coil.
I am back to stock setup and This thing hits incredibly now. Perfect little air bubble about every 3-4 full vapes. Now this is great. No leaking no drinking. Temp changes don't seem to make it leak. I think the temp problem is from the metal shrinking and loosing seal. I only had a tiny bit of leakage when at the .6 mark which is inherent of the device I believe.
You cannot draw too hard on the t3 either or you may get a little gurgle , holding horizontal a few vapes clears it up. The really nice thing about t3 is you don't have to suck hard like a ce4. Works best with slow draw. Any muted flavor is due to gunked coil/ wicks, hot water rinse works well.
Now all I need for a day is a full t3 and me. No clutter
Please keep posts on subject*
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