Carto in tank leaking. Why?

[Mrephunk]

I punched 4 small holes with a saddle valve in a 1.7ohm Smoktech Resurrector and put it in the smaller smoktech tank with a 100% PG mix. Worked fine for 2 days, about 3 maybe 4 refills but after the last refill it started leaking out the bottom of the carto, and all over my kgo battery. Why? Is this just a sign it went bad. Also, how long should a carto in a tank last, I have a 2.0ohm smoktech in another small tank and it has been vaping fine for days now.

 

[Startle]

Sounds like it is flooding. Try starting with 2 punched holes instead of 4. That is the more standard configuration.

Vape On!

 

[b0redagain]

Four holes for 100% PG is excessive. I only use two to three holes with a saddle valve for 100% VG and it works fine.

 

[AlB53]

I use the Smoketech 1.7 SC with 1 hole with 60/40 PG/VG and haven't had a problem yet..so far..
Al

 

[Darkstarncw]

Yeah 4 is probably way too much. I stuck 2 holes in a Boge the other day and a 50/50 mix was flooding it if I filled the tank too high.

 

[washvap]

As with what others have mentioned. 100% PG is as thin as it gets. You only need one or two holes for the tank to work properly. Anymore then that then it's going to flood the carto and lead to your current predicament.

 

[Mrephunk]

See that's what I thought too but what puzzles me is that it worked awesomely for the first 2 days, that's 4 fill ups. So I thought maybe it was something else

 

[oplholik]

I use one punched hole for a 70/30 mix, and it works good. I have had a couple cartos that after a couple days started to get a stiff draw and start flooding. Just the material in it I guess that is somehow different. I would just change cartos and punch less holes and see what happens. The only other reason for the flooding I can think of, is you have air getting in there, from the caps or o-rings not making a seal.

 

[sanman969]

Once in awhile I will punch in too far and it will leak BAD.

 

[ricks]

I use 100% PG and I like 1 hole the best. I tried 2 holes and it just didn't work that well. It all depends on the liquid.