Juice pooling in EVOD mouthpiece - annoyance - help!

[Tippy]

I'm frustrated bc I want to get that juice out of my mouthpiece. But when I wash it, water remains!
I bought an EVOD at a phys vape store and liked it so I got a starter kit online and gave the second one to my son so he could have two as well.
I'm pretty sure the juice slides into the mouthpiece by design when you tip it/fill it, so it won't get in your mouth, but some invariably gets caught and won't seep back down. I've tried all kinds of things--gravity, blowing into it, shaking it outside when empty--to no avail. how to get it out? I washed the tank and now water is in there! I know I have another tank but this issue drives me nuts and Miss Patient here turns into Tippy Can't Wait! A hairdryer??
You all are so friendly and helpful, any advice would help! Thanks in advance.

(Analog-free in Seattle for over a year now, started w e-cigs/cartomizers, never looked back! Late Sept '14 switched to EVOD.)

 

[Paloma Smith]

are you sure it's juice and not condensation from the vapor? also, are you properly putting the juice in? What is your filling process, your mod, etc.?

 

[Pinot]

Maybe your coil unit needs replacing? Or you could be sucking too hard and flooding it?

Also, pipe cleaners work wonders at removing excess juice and water.

 

[Tippy]

Thanks, but that's not the problem. In the EVOD tank, there seems to be a built-in reservoir. When I fill the tank, turning it upside-down as one must, juice flows into that reservoir but not into the tip, it appears to have a barrier of some kind preventing that. Looking at it, it appears the juice should flow back into the tank as it's sealed there and I notice it does go down some. But invariably some is always trapped up there. I just tried using a hairdryer on the cool setting (so as not to melt the tank!) after I originally washed/scrubbed it w a Q-tip and this seemed to at least displace some of the water droplets. Maybe I'm being over finicky, but I don't wanna vape water not do I want to ruin any connections w water. And I'd like to change juice...like now!

 

[Tippy]

*displace the water, not dispose!

 

[Tippy]

OK, the water is gone! The hairdryer and time did the trick. I still would like to know if anyone else has this happen and if you have any other tips! Thanks!

 

[Kloudz]

Your pulling to hard on the coil, get a better tank and you won't have those problems. Try hitting the fire button on your device to heat the coil first before you suck. Try taking easy light pulls and you should be fine.

 

[Rondo9]

I'm frustrated bc I want to get that juice out of my mouthpiece. But when I wash it, water remains!
I bought an EVOD at a phys vape store and liked it so I got a starter kit online and gave the second one to my son so he could have two as well.
I'm pretty sure the juice slides into the mouthpiece by design when you tip it/fill it, so it won't get in your mouth, but some invariably gets caught and won't seep back down. I've tried all kinds of things--gravity, blowing into it, shaking it outside when empty--to no avail. how to get it out? I washed the tank and now water is in there! I know I have another tank but this issue drives me nuts and Miss Patient here turns into Tippy Can't Wait! A hairdryer??
You all are so friendly and helpful, any advice would help! Thanks in advance.

(Analog-free in Seattle for over a year now, started w e-cigs/cartomizers, never looked back! Late Sept '14 switched to EVOD.)

Are you rinsing the coil when changing eliquid? Avoid doing that.

If thats not the case do yourself and son a favor and get nautilus mini bvc clearomizers.

 

[Tippy]

Thanks for all the help, I can't afford to get a new setup right now, and I want my next one to be a good one - so I'm here to learn that as well. Since the hairdryer worked - on the "cool" setting, of course, I'm not that concerned. It's built to do that, I can see that by following the design. The top of the tank into the clear tip has a reservoir about 1/4" up from the tank so that when you tip it to fill it, no juice comes out onto your pants! I know from reading here that the EVODs "gurgle," but I also know that's flooding and can be fixed if I go outside and shake it out a bit, holding the base tightly and giving it a couple good flings without actually flinging IT. Mine crackles, but I'm thinking people are using other terms for that. It could be condensation dripping into the tank but I keep a Q-tip handy to clear it from time to time. I'll have to start a new thread if it becomes more than just an annoyance.

 

[Susan~S]

First, to fix a flooded atomizer take your tank off the battery and blow through the mouthpiece (with a paper towel under it). This will drain the extra eliquid.

When you inhale, take a long smooth draw vs a short sharp draw. This will prevent extra eliquid from being pulled into your coils and flooding it. Inhalation technique with an e-cigarette

Whenever you first sense that your atomizer is beginning to flood try this:
1. Open up the airflow so when you take a hit you are not pulling in as much juice into your coils (if your tank has airflow control) .
2. Raise your voltage or wattage if your battery allows you to do this. This will vaporize more eliquid.
3. Tip your battery up (and take a few hits). By tipping it up you will prevent more eliquid from being fed into the coils.

Give one or all of these a try.

 

[Tippy]

And yeah, my atomizer could use replacing/cleaning and I don't rinse my tank every time I refill it, only when I change the juice type. I've been using this coil for quite a while so replacing it makes sense, I was thinking that even before I saw the comment Pinot made! Wanted to let you guys know I AM reading these, and thank you all for helping! Fantastic community!

 

[Rickajho]

The mouthpiece on an EVOD is a one piece design. If you unscrew the tank/mouthpiece from the base and look straight into it with a flashlight you can see there is nothing blocking air (or water or liquid) flow.

However, when you screw a base on a base that has a coil assembly in it, you now have a seal at the bottom of the mouthpiece tube, with the metal vent tube from the coil assembly sticking up into the mouthpiece tube. Now you have a sealed off area where condensation can accumulate, from the bottom of the mouthpiece tube up to the top of that narrower metal tub on the coil assembly you just stuck into it. Look down it again after the base is put on and observe the difference.

Condensation can build up in there between the mouthpiece tube and the skinny tube on the coil, but it's typically no more than a drop or two that comes out when you turn the tank upside down. When cleaning, if you just blow the water out through the mouthpiece before you put the base back on you should have no problem with any water from your cleaning hanging around in there.

 

[Mrs C]

That used to bug me too. I used evods for about 9 months. I used to twist a piece of vaper towel thin enough to get between the center tube and the wall and wick the water drops out.