OK, I'm still having this little issue with gurgling... I get a small amount of liquid into the central air hole, and this is making me crazy. Has anyone figured out a way around this? or maybe an idea on what is causing it? or where the liquid comes from? This is happening more than I would expect. I have to either take Ithaka off of my device, and get rid of the liquid, or suck really hard for a few times on the mouthpiece to get the liquid out, or shake the whole thing like imeo said... Why is this liquid ending up in that air hole in the first place? any way to PREVENT that?
Thanks
Hi Alireza,
does your Ithaka has the center post top nut in "open position"?
when the slots of the center post top nut are in "open position" (aligned with the slots inside the ceramic cup), excess liquid will enter inside the ceramic cup and will flow through the ceramic cup slots and then through the little cuts wherein the plastic nut is screwed, to finally reach the small collector chamber, the liquid inside the small collector chamber will be eventually absorbed by the wicks (the small collector chamber is the space left between the negative plastic nut and the positive o-ring).
In fact, I think there is liquid inside the small collector chamber all the time, even if the mouthpiece is closed and there is not any excess liquid entering inside the ceramic cup, because liquid can enter the small collector chamber through the wicks itself.
So little gurgling could happen when you vape, because air enters through the center post to hit the coil (as usual), but also the liquid that is inside the small collector chamber will try to come up through the cuts inside ceramic cup / center post channels.
So you can try two things:
* Put the center post top nut in closed position.
* Leave the center post top nut in open position, but next time you change wicks, leave one of the 4 wicks a little longer (usually the 4 wicks get cutted at the positive o-ring level) and wrap that longer wick around the center post, trying to cover the litte cuts wherein the plastic nut is screwed, that way you will have the excess liquid protection feature enabled and will prevent the little gurgling.
I hope it makes sense to you, excuse me for my bad explanation.