Short answer:
yes, probably. Did you
buy this used? It’s possible you got ripped off.
Medium answer:
Silica wick usually handles thicker juices fine, generally. There are exceptions of course. That particular coil cartridge may have seen better days though.
Long answer:
That’s an old fashioned glass wick style ego atty. blast from the past there. Haven’t used one of those in a long time. The wick looks heavily used. New ones are white. It may or may not need a new cartridge. If no new cartridges are available and it needs one (which it eventually will) there may or may not be ways to replace the coil and/or wick depending on the design of that particular
device. It’s kind of a pain as I remember and if it’s doable at it can only be done a few times. There were many very similar designs out for a while and I don’t recognize the exact model.