bp, with that pic I can't imagine you are getting dry hits, is your wick reaching to the bottom of the chamber to soak up that excess?
With the gurgle, it seems that it could be your airholes are siphoning liquid from the wick as there is a convenient surface for the juice to travel along but it is hard to tell. There needs to be a gap between the wick and the airholes. A longer piece of that tubing might block the holes, but a shorter piece would not. Or the piece you have isn't stuck in all the way???
With the gurgle, it seems that it could be your airholes are siphoning liquid from the wick as there is a convenient surface for the juice to travel along but it is hard to tell. There needs to be a gap between the wick and the airholes. A longer piece of that tubing might block the holes, but a shorter piece would not. Or the piece you have isn't stuck in all the way???