Could I accidentally be breaking my Ce4's????

[chapeltown]

I have been having this situation for several days now....my ce4's seem to be malfunctioning. One, is giving me hardly any vapor, two seem to beofeaking a bit, and all of them have gurgling sounds to various degrees.
Why I think this might be "OE":
Approximately two weeks ago, I had a seriously bad pg reaction after experiencing mild to moderate headaches after vaping for the week before.
This freaked me right out. So I took all my ce4's, and cartomizers that had any juice in them at all, and I rinsed them out in super hot water. Then, I filled a bowl with super hot water and soaked them for about an hour. Then, then the hour was up, I poured the water out and filled the bowl with straight white vinegar. I let it soak overnight. Mid morning the next day, I poured out all the vinegar, re-rinsed everything in hot water, shook it all out really well, then soaked it all in straight 70% USP rubbing alcohol. For an hour.then I shook it all out and laid it on paper towels and let itdry for a week.

Now....when I put the new juice in the ce4's, I make sure to dry the connections top and bottom, put the mouth piece on and blow through until it seems like all the moisture is gone from the center post. Then I re-dry the bottom and connect the battery. Voila!

Now...is there anything in this scenario that is glaringly obviously wrong with it?

 

[tmcase]

"glaringly obviously wrong", no. Overkill, yes. But if it works than that's all that matters.

 

[steved5600]

No nothing pops out. Gurgling happens when you don't use a needle tip or syringe. Been there done that. Just remember all of them have a lifespan that depends on use and juice. Put a tank cracker in there and it's history. Use to high a wattage and you will us it up quicker usually from build up. You may want to consider moving to a rebuildable like the Vivi or my favorite the Davide Glasomerizer. The regular not the mini. Mini's are a bear to fill. Tiny fill hole. I don't have one but the Protank II I hear is pretty good an uses the same heads as the Davide. I got tire of the CE's and Vivi's because of the Glass plastic issue. Like someone else said as soon as you have vaped glass the rest taste like A??. LOL But again I can't see a problem with your routine.

 

[Katya]

I never had any luck with any top coil clearomizers, including anything CE and ViVi nova, but that's just me...

Your routine is an overkill and may have damaged your clearos, especially those long soaks in vinegar. Vinegar and electronics don't mix.

But, as Steve already said, those things do not last--coils and wicks deteriorate with time. I strongly suggest you try some changeable coil clearomizers like Kanger BCC (bottom changeable coils): T3S, eVod, mini ProTank 2. I like them and never had any issues with them. If you prefer top coils, Kanger T2 or ViVi nova are always popular.