I got a ipv2 and a eleaf lemo today and everything was working great. Great vapour, great flavor. But then it started to leak out of the air hole, so I searched it up and one of the causes was wicking and I know I did a bad job of that so I rewicked it after watching how, and after it would make a loud cracking noise and shoot up juice it seems and then not to long after, it started to leak again, I noticed air bubbles around the bottom of the tank. Can someone please help? It was working great earlier, don't know what would make it do this. Kind of frustrated.
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Make sure you have the silicone rings in place on BOTH ends of the glass tank, they are easy to miss if they fall out and they can fall out easily. I nearly lost one down the drain when I was rinsing mine out. The air bubbles will be normal from the juice channels, but too many definitely points to a missing or misaligned silicone ring.
Edit: here is a good test, block all 4 airflow holes with your fingers and take a draw (make sure they are covered). If you still get airflow then something is wrong with one of the rings. A short draw, all you SHOULD see is a bubble from the juice channel caused by juice being drawn into the chimney.
Edit: here is a good test, block all 4 airflow holes with your fingers and take a draw (make sure they are covered). If you still get airflow then something is wrong with one of the rings. A short draw, all you SHOULD see is a bubble from the juice channel caused by juice being drawn into the chimney.
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All the o rings are in, I did everything over a desk to be safe and make sure everything would be there. I will try that trick tomorrow morning though, thanks for the advice! I noticed the second o ring that connects to the tank on the bottom doesn't stick in there and can come out quite easily. This is my first rta and a beginning for me to start dripping, so I am all new to this.
Couple more things to look for:
Be sure the black chimney o-ring, near the top, is in place.
Make sure there are no chips on the edges of the glass.
If all that is good, and you do not get any airflow when you cover the air holes, then it is likely a wicking issue. Here is a video Rip did that shows a good wicking method.....click. You can skip to 8:00 to get right to the wicking.
Be sure the black chimney o-ring, near the top, is in place.
Make sure there are no chips on the edges of the glass.
If all that is good, and you do not get any airflow when you cover the air holes, then it is likely a wicking issue. Here is a video Rip did that shows a good wicking method.....click. You can skip to 8:00 to get right to the wicking.
I re wicked it, and then the wick was burnt some how, before it was burnt it was working prime. So I wicked it again, and it's back to the one loud crack at the start of vaping and shoots up a little bit of juice, what is the cause of this? I've been trying to find someone with the same problem but have not found anyone
Edit- using stock coil still(1.1ohm), was vaping at 22.3watts, starting playing around, going down lower and it would stop that loud cracking, but wasn't the best amount of vapor
Edit- using stock coil still(1.1ohm), was vaping at 22.3watts, starting playing around, going down lower and it would stop that loud cracking, but wasn't the best amount of vapor
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I filled from bottom and needle yes, and also saturated it after I wicked it to make sure it wasn't blocking the juice channels. Just shoots up juice and juice builds up under drip tip, and that's the only thing I worry about when vaping, getting juice in my mouth lol
A freshly wicked coil will tend to crackle and pop the first dozen draws or so, they tend mellow out. A contact coil will do this more so than a spaced coil. Don't buy into the hype that a contact micro coil is the best option, if that is in fact what you are using. Try a spaced coil, like RiP did in that video I posted earlier.
Hi, i got a Lemo myself and have never had such issues with it. What coil do you use? I had some dry hit issues with smaller diameters on it. At the moment i use a 3mm coil with 26 awg Kanthal-A1 at about 1.2 ohms. This diameter allows you to use a lot of cotton and this will make leaking mostly impossible...
I'm just using the stock coil that is spaced out, I barely got to use it last night so I will keep using it to see if it continues. Don't like using to low of watts, it hurts my throat more haha.
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