Multiple Tanks Leaking

[jemelems]

Hey all, vaping noob here. I've been running into a couple issues that have been driving me nuts for months now. I have quite a few tanks, 2 CE4's, 2 CE5's, 2 Kanger T3S's, and 2 ARO bottom coil tanks. I have one EGO twist battery, two batteries that came with my CE4's, and two ebay batteries that came with my CE5's. My issue is that every single one of my tanks leak. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Every couple vapes I take, juice leaks from the atomizer onto the battery into the center post and on the outside around the post, which then leaks out from the air holes on the T3S and ARO tanks. The CE4's and CE5's flood the battery every few vapes. The T3S's have 1.8 ohm atomizers, and the ARO's have 2.4 ohm atomizers. The o-rings are all good, making good seals, and I'm not holding the button without vaping. I hope I provided enough information that someone can explain to me what I'm doing wrong.

Also, I don't know if this makes a difference, but when my T3S and ARO tanks were new, I could screw them tightly onto my battery and have a consistently good airflow. Now after a couple days, the T3S has a very restricted airflow, the tank has to be very loose to get air, and the ARO has gotten more restrictive, but not as restrictive as the T3S. I'm not covering the air holes when I'm vaping.

 

[Dakota Jim]

Sorry to hear that all of your tanks seem to be leaking

Just a few questions

How often are you changing the coils?
(old coils flood and leak easily)
Do they leak when you put a new coil in?
(if the new coils are not screwed on tight they can flood and leak)
How often are you disassembling and cleaning the tanks?
(if the center tubes have old hard fluid in them they will draw hard and create a vacuum which in turn will cause flooding and leaking)
How hard are you drawing on them?
(drawing to hard will cause coils to flood and leak)
Are you filling them up or are you leaving them half empty?
(leaving them half empty and then laying them on their side will sometimes cause flooding and leaking)

let us know if any of these symptoms are present

 

[edyle]

Once they leak onto the battery, if it gets too flooded down there it can restrict the airflow; once the airflow is restricted you tend to draw harder, which tends to pull juice from the tank into the center tube, especially in a bottom coil, making it worse.



I'm surprised the CE4's and CE5's flood the batteries though? Do you store them horizontal? Once you keep them vertically upright they should not flood the center tube;

Similarly for the bottom coil systems, once you keep them upside down, they should not flood.

 

[JohnDaddyo]

Me too! It seems my iclear 30B is the really the offender. They're just a little over a month old and I
always store them upright. I was gonna start a thread about the iclear 30B.

 

[FilterLess]

I was reading on the iclear 30B yesterday (will try to find the link) but something I remember was that you can both under-tighten and over-tighten the coil, which will in turn cause leaking. I will see if i can find that link.

 

[j3illy]

If it's leaking, you're getting juice in the center hole, and until you get it to stop it's gonna continue to flow in. I use primarily CE4's, and any time I've had 1 leaking, I've been able to take some steps to stop it. I have a few CE5's too, and I feel like they're a bit more prone to leaking, just cuz they're rebuildable and not all sealed up like the CE4's. Here's what I do if 1 is leaking tho - I take it off the battery, and blow really hard into the drip tip. If you have a decent amount of leaking, you'll hear juice gurgling in the center tube, and it should start to come out the bottom of the clearo. I'll keep blowing until they're no more juice coming out. Then I'll reattach the clearo to the battery, and then unscrew it right away to check the battery. Chances are there'll be a drop if it was leaking, and I'll wipe it off and repeat the process of screwing it down, and unscrewing it til there's nothing on the battery. Then I"ll take a few nice puffs, and again unscrew to check the battery. Once you get it to stop, it shouldn't leak again until something is done to get juice in the center tube again. I find that putting the ecig sideways or in a pocket is a big culprit for leaking, so I always keep mine upright, and rarely if every have problems w/ it. Leaking into the center tube can also start from hitting it too hard, but I've never seen this happen cuz I take it easy on my draws. But the main thing is, if you see juice on the battery, consider the clearo leaky and take the steps to get it to stop.

 

[JohnDaddyo]

Good info
I'm starting to wonder if it's the combination of the iclear 30B and my evic? I switched to putting on my itaste vv and will see. ???
OMG, I almost blew my teeth out!! No matter how long I did it, stuff keeps coming out
I have two 30B's. One, I took apart and cleaned. Perhaps I didn't tighten the things inside good enough. I also noticed that when I unscrewed them for a refill, I would feel the nice, sticky juice a little. Anyone ever use Teflon tape? LOL?

 

[Crazy_cambo]

I had a couple of ce4s and they always seem to leak now and then. I would usually blow air from the drip tip then use a q-tip on the bottom and it would fix it for a while. I generally use my protank 2 now.

 

[edyle]

If its a bottom coil and you keep blowing through to clean it while pointing it downwards, it might just empty out the tank;

because the blowing down the centre tube tends to draw the liquid from the tank to the centre tube;

considering the price of eliq it aint something I do on a regular basis.

 

[JohnDaddyo]

If its a bottom coil and you keep blowing through to clean it while pointing it downwards, it might just empty out the tank;

because the blowing down the centre tube tends to draw the liquid from the tank to the centre tube;

considering the price of eliq it aint something I do on a regular basis.

LOL. Although there was very little juice, I did blow it all out!

 

[pufZeppelin]

not saying this is YOUR paticular problem
but a process of elimination, -- just sayin`...

ever hold your finger over the end of your straw
lift the straw out, remove your finger,
and the column of soda pours out back into your glass...

then try that when there is a crack in the straw, and the column won't hold...

the same principle is applied if your juice tank is not air tight
it will not maintain a simple vacuum and allows juice to seep out through the coil eye (open passage)

boiling, harsh liquids & over tightening can distort the sealing areas
I always wipe threaded areas and seals off (clean)
I never assemble a sealing joint 'dry' -- in this case I lubricate it
with , yes, e-juice -- don't overtighten resulting in distorting seals

to test; with a 'standard round' toothpick, tank assembled, full of fluid-
stick toothpick up into bottom coil hole, blow into mouthpiece-
there should be NO GIVE- if you hear air escape, or continued air flow, tank leaks
consider the seal of the toothpick (but you can tell if it leaks past there)

if you don't do these, maybe give a try, see if it helps any

 

[tcs007]

I just had this problem with a couple of my Mini Davides that I recently replaced the coils on. I found one of the o rings was stuck on the tank, effectively having 2 o rings. That will definitely cause a leak.

 

[jemelems]

Sorry to hear that all of your tanks seem to be leaking

Just a few questions

How often are you changing the coils? I just bought my ARO tanks and they leaked after a couple days of vaping. I change the coils on my T3S's every couple weeks (I'm not a heavy vaper)
(old coils flood and leak easily)
Do they leak when you put a new coil in? Yes
(if the new coils are not screwed on tight they can flood and leak)
How often are you disassembling and cleaning the tanks? I unscrew the tank from the battery to clean juice off of the post every few vapes because it restricts airflow. I completely disassemble and clean my tanks before every refill.
(if the center tubes have old hard fluid in them they will draw hard and create a vacuum which in turn will cause flooding and leaking)
How hard are you drawing on them? I don't draw hard at all.
(drawing to hard will cause coils to flood and leak)
Are you filling them up or are you leaving them half empty? I fill them to 3/4 full and vape to 1/4 full.
(leaving them half empty and then laying them on their side will sometimes cause flooding and leaking) I keep my vaporizers vertical and upright in a plastic cigar tube in my pocket

let us know if any of these symptoms are present

Hopefully my answers in bold help you narrow it down to the culprit

 

[jemelems]

not saying this is YOUR paticular problem
but a process of elimination, -- just sayin`...

ever hold your finger over the end of your straw
lift the straw out, remove your finger,
and the column of soda pours out back into your glass...

then try that when there is a crack in the straw, and the column won't hold...

the same principle is applied if your juice tank is not air tight
it will not maintain a simple vacuum and allows juice to seep out through the coil eye (open passage)

boiling, harsh liquids & over tightening can distort the sealing areas
I always wipe threaded areas and seals off (clean)
I never assemble a sealing joint 'dry' -- in this case I lubricate it
with , yes, e-juice -- don't overtighten resulting in distorting seals

to test; with a 'standard round' toothpick, tank assembled, full of fluid-
stick toothpick up into bottom coil hole, blow into mouthpiece-
there should be NO GIVE- if you hear air escape, or continued air flow, tank leaks
consider the seal of the toothpick (but you can tell if it leaks past there)

if you don't do these, maybe give a try, see if it helps any

I have absolutely no give if I plug up the center hole from the bottom and blow through the top

 

[skoony]

i only have ce4's and 5's.
common leakage points,at the base of the plastic or glass into the metal sleeve that
the base screws into not seated correctly.firmly grasp the tank and on a hard flat surfice
apply a downward force.just enough to reseat it.
the metal sleeve where te drip tip inserts.
the only time i've seen cracks is at the base of these sleeves perpendicular to the glass or plastic
and the sleeve.this is the weakest point i think.prone to dropage and manufacturing damage.

juice down the air hole.
only top your tank 3/4 of the way allowing for the vescosity of the new juice
to thin out the juice in the wicks.top off after 5-10 minutes.
this problem is all but disapeared when i top off this way.
drastic changes in the wheather also affect viscosity.
regards
mike

 

[jemelems]

--UPDATE--

I honestly can't for the life of me figure out what's going on here. I apologize for my earlier post as I might have given misinformation, I still don't know all the terms that well of a vaporizer; I'm leaking from the bottom coil on all 4 of my bottom feed tanks. I'm not getting any juice in the air passage, but it's getting all over the outside post of my battery and plugging up the air holes on the collars of my tanks.

I loosened up the coils, maybe the o-rings were warped from being too tight, no dice. I tightened the coil, still leaks. I tried drawing both loosely and hard, and it still leaks. I've replaced the coils to see if maybe the o-rings failed, no dice. This is driving me up a wall because I have to take my tank off the battery after every draw to wipe off the collar as I can't draw with juice on the post.

I've attached some pictures to kind of show you guys what I'm talking about. The links below the pictures are to the original bigger pictures.

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g408/jemelems/Mobile Uploads/IMG_20140106_194324_518.jpg

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g408/jemelems/Mobile Uploads/IMG_20140106_194303_597.jpg

 

[tcs007]

Pull a coil out of your tank. Is there an o ring on the thread side? If there isn't, there should be.

I had one of mine leaking slowly. When I went to replace it, I noticed the old coil didn't have the o ring, but the new one did.

 

[jemelems]

Pull a coil out of your tank. Is there an o ring on the thread side? If there isn't, there should be.

I had one of mine leaking slowly. When I went to replace it, I noticed the old coil didn't have the o ring, but the new one did.

Yes I have an o-ring on my coil, and a thin and thick o-ring on my t3s base/collar

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g408/jemelems/Mobile Uploads/IMG_20140106_213141_867-1.jpg

 

[pufZeppelin]

lets talk about only your T3S first

no fluid in your mouthpiece, you say
not leaking out the 'side' of tank (where base screws into tank)

your saying juice is leaking INTO the top of your battery
are you SURE you're using T3S coils (not evod/protank universal coils)

can you fill tank, sit it on table top and juice leaks out...? (not screwed on battery)

 

[jemelems]

lets talk about only your T3S first

no fluid in your mouthpiece, you say
not leaking out the 'side' of tank (where base screws into tank)

your saying juice is leaking INTO the top of your battery
are you SURE you're using T3S coils (not evod/protank universal coils)

can you fill tank, sit it on table top and juice leaks out...? (not screwed on battery)

I'm not getting juice onto the battery directly, I'm getting juice on the outside of the battery post. The tank does not leak when it sits without the battery. The coils that came with the T3S tanks did this, as do the replacement coils I bought for it.