iClear 30 is leaking like crazy

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Gerick

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I love the iclear16 so decided to buy 2 30's being I constantly have to refill the 16's.

First off..the metal or whatever it claims to be ,seems very dull/cheap.

I can't even fill it to the top line ,because everytime I try it leaks and stops at somewhere in
the middle. I tried it 4 times and every time it leaks from the botton head filling the well and pours out
to the sides once the well is full.

So I tried the other one (bought 2) and the same thing.

I tried loosening/tightening it from vamo and same thing happens..it drains to about the half way point then works fine.

Plus after using the 30 (messing with it) now I have to screw down all my other tanks a little harder . It seems
as if it damaged my vamo head (pushed it in ?). So I had to adjust the screw on bottom of my other tanks to not further damage vamo head from getting pushed in any further.

I have the vamo V2 .

So after messing with and never getting it to work with a full tank I decided to just wash them and forgot about
it for now. Well, now my plastic tanks are all frosty white ..... ? They are so cloudy looking it's absurd. This never happens with my iclear 16 when I washed them. Same juice I used with the 16 .

The tilted tip is a nice idea but it really doesn't help at all.

Am I missing something ?
 
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TS12000

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My i30 was leaking around the area where the bottom post goes through the metal bottom cap, I assume they glued it in because it will freely spin now (the post inside the tank). Check to see if your leak is coming from that same spot. Probably can be fixed up with some superglue or what not but I just moved on.
 

Gerick

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Like you I moved on and now have them in the PIF thread for trade and posted problems to be up front about it.

My i30 was leaking around the area where the bottom post goes through the metal bottom cap, I assume they glued it in because it will freely spin now (the post inside the tank). Check to see if your leak is coming from that same spot. Probably can be fixed up with some superglue or what not but I just moved on.
 
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