Ever have a REO juice bottle air-lock?

[bushmaster]

At least that's what I'm calling it. I gave my Grand a bath and its bottle too, so I put a new never-before-used bottle on the spare Grand (also recently bathed since last use) afterwards. I couldn't get the juice to go back down the drain hole in the RM2 after the excessive squonking I apply with a new wick. It just .....sat there in a puddle in the ceramic bowl. I think the issue was with the new bottle but I don't really know the physics....(or is it hydraulics?) of these things. I put the old bottle back on and it seems to be back to normal.
Anyone else ever have this happen to them?

 

[johni]

Perhaps the bottle in question was overfilled?

 

[bushmaster]

Perhaps the bottle in question was overfilled?

I think it probably was fuller than I usually fill my bottle. Not to the top but nearing the shoulder of the bottle. Might that do it?

 

[johni]

I've overfilled a couple, makes a damn mess!

 

[mackman]

I have had the opposite happen. I cleaned the bottle and used a syringe to force water thru the 510 connection,blew air thru the connection, refilled and attached the bottle and RM2 and when I squonked the bottle no juice flow. I recall it took several assemblies disassembles to correct it and am apprehensive now every time I clean out the bottle. I am stumped.

 

[bushmaster]

I have had the opposite happen. I cleaned the bottle and used a syringe to force water thru the 510 connection,blew air thru the connection, refilled and attached the bottle and RM2 and when I squonked the bottle no juice flow. I recall it took several assemblies disassembles to correct it and am apprehensive now every time I clean out the bottle. I am stumped.

That seems even more peculiar. Did the bottle compress or did it feel rigid?

 

[johni]

Sounds like an obstruction somewhere.

 

[Raynman]

Is the feed tube cut on an angle or notched to prevent it from sucking to the bottom?

 

[nerak]

Frequently I find the tightness of the cap will determine the flow of the juice. A adjustment looser or tighter will usually result in a smooth flow and allow the extra juice to drain back into the bottle.

 

[mackman]

That seems even more peculiar. Did the bottle compress or did it feel rigid?

When I squonked the bottle (I had the door off to see and the bottle facing me) the bottle moved away from the body as if pressure was building inside it without being able to release thru the tubing to the RM2. What is odd is that there was no obstruction in the tubing, 510 connection or the atty.

 

[DoogieTony]

When I squonked the bottle (I had the door off to see and the bottle facing me) the bottle moved away from the body as if pressure was building in side it without being able to release thru the tubing to the RM2. what is odd is that there was no obstruction in the tubing, 510 connection or the atty.

It sounds like your tube created suction to the bottom of the bottle, you can either notch the bottom of the tube with a small V or just cut the bottom of the tube at an angle.