Anyone else have crazy leaking and how did you fix it?

[UncleChimney]

I consistently get some crazy leaking that I believe is coming from between the top cap and the base of my RM2. It always seems like where they screw together is where the leak is coming from. I'll be vaping for a bit and all of the sudden my hand and mod are soaked!! It really sucks because I want this to be my all day mod, but I've had to revert to using an itaste vv with an evod for work because I wear khaki pants a lot for work and almost everyday that I use my REO I have a huge half-dollar size juice mark on my thigh!!

Does anyone have any suggestion so it doesn't constantly leak, or am I doomed? Thank you.

 

[jamesfarrell]

I have an o-ring between the two. I've only had mine since Monday, but figure all the unscrewing and screwing causes the juice to be able to work in between the threads?
Are you sure it's not coming out the air hole? That's happening to me.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

Would almost bet it actually leaking from the air hole. Put a o ring on the RM2 below the airhole above the seam, if on your next leak the top of ring has juice on it then it's the airhole.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

I've never had a leak from the threads on 5 RM2s, I've gotten plenty of leaks from the airhole.

 

[UncleChimney]

OK cool, good suggestion filthy, I'll give that a shot. What to do about so much leaking from the air-hole if that is where it is leaking from?

 

[Mrs C]

I used the thinner o ring that Rob sells to stop a similar leak on a used rm2 I got. It did change how the air hole lined up at first, but after cranking the cap on and off a few times it smushed it enough to line up properly.

 

[doots]

you might be over sqonking the bottle.. airhole leaking because of too much juice. I have several rm2's and dont have a problem except an occasional leak after too much juice in the atty from pushing the bottle too hard or too many times. you can see juice from the airhole coming out. If it is wet there you are over juicing. the best way to see is to take off the cap and press the bottle to see how much juice is coming up into the chamber, this will give you a good idea how hard to push.. hope this helps.

 

[pwheeler]

You also might have too much wick causing the fluid not to drain back to the bottle, so all that juice is staying on the deck and coming out of your air hole. Pull the tip and check it out.

 

[UncleChimney]

cool, it looks like that is the problem. I think I may need to trim the wick up because I do leave the tail about a half inch and that may be to long. Plus I do squonk fairly often, because dry hits suck!

 

[Spydro]

New to Reo's, but one of the nice things I've already learned about the bf atty's is that the "less is more" thing really does apply to the size of the wicks in them. After threaded into the coil I cut my wicks flush with the side of the deck and point the tails down, so a quite short wick, it leaves most of the deck clear to drain back into the bottle and it's more than enough wick even for 3-4 or 5-6 of my long lung hits depending on which joose. I'm using KGD and CC as wicks right now - the CC wicks the fastest so needs a little more squonking than the KGD. And I did as the good folks here suggested to quickly learn how to squonk to get plenty of joose but not too much joose. Haven't had any leaks from the air holes yet, but do get traces of wetness sometimes from vapor coming out of them. These set-s up are so efficient that even the 1.8 ohm coil in the LP Grand is a cloud chaser with LLH's and the 1.0 in the Mini even more so plus it eats joose like it is going out of style with my LLH's. Have not built any sub ohm coils for them yet... the jooses I'm using like the ohms I'm using for the best flavor. I have 2 dozen 6ml bottles being delivered today to increase the Mini's joose capacity, and I'll be kicking the Grand and hopefully the VVG up to 9ml bottles soon after I buy some.

 

[RattlerX]

OK cool, good suggestion filthy, I'll give that a shot. What to do about so much leaking from the air-hole if that is where it is leaking from?

I vape until I need to squonk again then turn the button where it will not fire and in the pocket it goes.

 

[Cactus Breath]

I've never had a leak from between the cap and base, but I have experienced leakage from between the base and the 510 connector, especially in hot weather. I ordered some of the larger o-rings (10mm x 1.5mm) and they seem to have cured the problem.

Leakage from the air hole while you're using it would most likely be from over-squonking. Take your drip tip off and look down into the atty as you squonk, you'll get an idea of how much pressure you need and for how long. If you give it a big ol' honkin squeeze, you could be filling the atty up with juice

If it's leaking out of the air hole while you've got it stashed in your pants pocket, do like RattlerX said - vape it until you start to get a dry hit before pocketing it.

 

[UncleChimney]

Ok, it's been a solid week and I've tried shortening the wick and making sure that it was dry before pocketing it, but I'm still getting soggy pants! I've convinved myself that it's not leaking from the air hole and I really think it is coming between the base and the top of the RM2. I took the RM2 off yesterday and put my finger over the 510 connection and the airhole and blew into the drip tip and what do you know, all kinds of juice comes out between the base and cap of the RM2 where they screw together. It didn't take much blowing either! Is this normal for the atty to leak there? I would think that it shouldn't leak ther no matter how hard I blow, but it did.

Does anyone have any ideas because this is getting extremely annoying to have wet pants and/or hands all the time! I'm extremely frustrated!

 

[nerak]

Ok, it's been a solid week and I've tried shortening the wick and making sure that it was dry before pocketing it, but I'm still getting soggy pants! I've convinved myself that it's not leaking from the air hole and I really think it is coming between the base and the top of the RM2. I took the RM2 off yesterday and put my finger over the 510 connection and the airhole and blew into the drip tip and what do you know, all kinds of juice comes out between the base and cap of the RM2 where they screw together. It didn't take much blowing either! Is this normal for the atty to leak there? I would think that it shouldn't leak ther no matter how hard I blow, but it did.

Does anyone have any ideas because this is getting extremely annoying to have wet pants and/or hands all the time! I'm extremely frustrated!

Either an o-ring between the two or maybe some plumbers tape.

I am wondering why so much juice is working it's way up the tubing and out the cap when sitting.

Usually there is a air lock that keeps the juice in the bottle till it is squonked.

Check the bottle cap and o-ring. The cap should be tight but not wrenched on. If after you squonk the juice returns to the bottle then it should stay in there.

Take off the RM2. Dry the connector. Lay the REO down on it's side. See if juice comes out the connector on it's own.

 

[TS12000]

Do you live in a warmer climate? The reducer tube may help if your Reo is autofeeding when you go in/out of an AC environment to the warm outside. Just a thought.

 

[caveat]

Do you live in a warmer climate? The reducer tube may help if your Reo is autofeeding when you go in/out of an AC environment to the warm outside. Just a thought.

This has been my problem lately. We've had big temperature swings lately and I don't have central air. Some days I come home and find a puddle of juice from the pressure change.

 

[Filthy-Beast]

When screwed on does the seam almost disappear or is there gaps? Also is the cap truly round or did it get bent, that could create an area where the threads don't engage leaving a gap. Typically you need pressure to force liquid through the threads like happened with your experiment.

If it was me I'd file the bottom off the cap. As you file off the bottom the air hole will change position in a clockwise direction. Keep filing until you get the air hole back around to the front. This will clean up the bottom of the cap and will also change how the threads line up and just might be enough to stop your leak.

 

[redeyedancer]

Ok, it's been a solid week and I've tried shortening the wick and making sure that it was dry before pocketing it, but I'm still getting soggy pants! I've convinved myself that it's not leaking from the air hole and I really think it is coming between the base and the top of the RM2. I took the RM2 off yesterday and put my finger over the 510 connection and the airhole and blew into the drip tip and what do you know, all kinds of juice comes out between the base and cap of the RM2 where they screw together. It didn't take much blowing either! Is this normal for the atty to leak there? I would think that it shouldn't leak ther no matter how hard I blow, but it did.

Does anyone have any ideas because this is getting extremely annoying to have wet pants and/or hands all the time! I'm extremely frustrated!

If your using a thick enough o ring it cant leak between the base of your atty and the 510 connection . If your getting liquid between the cap of the rm2 and the base were it threads together you can use a thin o ring a small piece of teflon tape even better you can get a new cap from me .

 

[mommabird62]

Do you live in a warmer climate? The reducer tube may help if your Reo is autofeeding when you go in/out of an AC environment to the warm outside. Just a thought.

Exactly how does the reducer tube go on for it to be effective? i have one and since it has been really hot here lately, I have had a little leakage that I wasn't getting before. I suspect it is the heat change going from AC to outside. That is when i notice it. Thanks


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[Filthy-Beast]

Exactly how does the reducer tube go on for it to be effective? i have one and since it has been really hot here lately, I have had a little leakage that I wasn't getting before. I suspect it is the heat change going from AC to outside. That is when i notice it. Thanks


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Mommabird62

It reduces the inner diameter of the feed tube to stop auto feeding of juice.