My Griffin RTA keeps leaking

[absoluttalent]

Yes, I was referring to #2 in above.
There are a total of 5 o-rings
Starting from the top

one is located between the top of chimney and underside of topcap
2, 3, 4, you located in the above picture (as 1, 2, 3)
and 5 is located between the base and the deck cover (whcih ive seen in your pictures)

The first few times i filled my griffin, it did leak through the airflow holes. I was doing what everyone said, close juice flow and close air flow. Didnt matter.

But I started to leave my airflow open, closed my juice flow. And made sure to leave a air space at the top. Looking at the glass from the side, the airspace will be about the thickness of the airflow hole. Put the cap on (with a little juice on the o-ring the cap sits on, just to lube it), open juice control, take a quick primer puff. I have not had any leaks since then.

Does it leak when the cap is still off and juice flow is closed? Or does it start when you put the cap on?
If it leaks with the cap still off, then the juice flow could be faulty or not sealing correctly when closed. or the chimney is not tight enough. Or the deck is not seated correctly into the base (it is pressfitted, not meant to be removed)

 

[zenga]

I'm sorry but ur link is not tap able to me..
I have a 3.0 mm ID INSIDE DIAMETER COILS ON MINE...
Can I please see ur coils?


Vape On[emoji100]

Ah ok, I somehow misread that as how long my wicks were. The diameter of my coils are closer to 2mm than to 2,5mm after measuring (precision screwdrivers are on their way from china, don't own any atm).

 

[zenga]

Yes, I was referring to #2 in above.
There are a total of 5 o-rings
Starting from the top

one is located between the top of chimney and underside of topcap
2, 3, 4, you located in the above picture (as 1, 2, 3)
and 5 is located between the base and the deck cover (whcih ive seen in your pictures)

The first few times i filled my griffin, it did leak through the airflow holes. I was doing what everyone said, close juice flow and close air flow. Didnt matter.

But I started to leave my airflow open, closed my juice flow. And made sure to leave a air space at the top. Looking at the glass from the side, the airspace will be about the thickness of the airflow hole. Put the cap on (with a little juice on the o-ring the cap sits on, just to lube it), open juice control, take a quick primer puff. I have not had any leaks since then.

Does it leak when the cap is still off and juice flow is closed? Or does it start when you put the cap on?
If it leaks with the cap still off, then the juice flow could be faulty or not sealing correctly when closed. or the chimney is not tight enough. Or the deck is not seated correctly into the base (it is pressfitted, not meant to be removed)

Seems like I'm not missing any o-rings then.

I haven't really left the cap off for an extended period of time, usually I screw all parts into place after wicking, give it a couple of minutes and if it wasn't leaking by then fired up my mod (after which it started leaking almost immediately). I'm fairly sure that by now all parts are screwed tightly enough (definitely the last couple of tries, as I paid extra attention).

Never have removed the base from the deck, but if a couple of more tries won't fix it, then I'm gonna contact my vendor.

 

[ej1024]

Ah ok, I somehow misread that as how long my wicks were. The diameter of my coils are closer to 2mm than to 2,5mm after measuring (precision screwdrivers are on their way from china, don't own any atm).

2mm -2.5 ??
What wires do you have?


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[absoluttalent]

I will parrot what I said above. Try leaving the airflow open, but close the juice flow. Fill juice, leave a visable space you can see through the glass. With airflow still open, put the cap on. Open juice flow, take a primer puff. Then vape and see if it makes a difference.

Honestly, if its still leaking after all this, an exchange might be best. I have heard of issues with the flow holes not lining up properly on some units, although I think those were early productions. So what appears closed while filling might be open on the non visable side.

 

[greasegizzard]

Good point about lubing the o rings with some juice. I have to do that on my TFV4 or they will get twisted out of place and leak.

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[zenga]

2mm -2.5 ??
What wires do you have?


Vape On[emoji100]

dual clapton coil: 26 awg nickel core and 32 awg kanthal wrap, 9 wraps, builds reads 0,2 ohm

 

[zenga]

I will parrot what I said above. Try leaving the airflow open, but close the juice flow. Fill juice, leave a visable space you can see through the glass. With airflow still open, put the cap on. Open juice flow, take a primer puff. Then vape and see if it makes a difference.

Honestly, if its still leaking after all this, an exchange might be best. I have heard of issues with the flow holes not lining up properly on some units, although I think those were early productions. So what appears closed while filling might be open on the non visable side.

Will give that a try in a bit.

 

[ej1024]

dual clapton coil: 26 awg nickel core and 32 awg kanthal wrap, 9 wraps, builds reads 0,2 ohm

Hmmmmm [emoji848]



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[zenga]

I will parrot what I said above. Try leaving the airflow open, but close the juice flow. Fill juice, leave a visable space you can see through the glass. With airflow still open, put the cap on. Open juice flow, take a primer puff. Then vape and see if it makes a difference.

Honestly, if its still leaking after all this, an exchange might be best. I have heard of issues with the flow holes not lining up properly on some units, although I think those were early productions. So what appears closed while filling might be open on the non visable side.

So I gave that a try and it has definitely improved. Chain vaped for a while and nothing was leaking through the airflow. Figured I'd let it sit for a while and comeback to see what happened, so I closed the juice flow and a couple of seconds later I noticed that there was a minor amount of fluid at the top of my vtc mini. Now since I replaced that o-ring with a fatter one (there are 2 sizes of the same diameter) it's entirely possible that is the new cause and the first (leaking through the airflow) was fixed by your suggestion. Will go back once it all cooled down and replace the o-ring with the smaller one and see if that finally fixed it.

Thank you (and all in this thread) so much for your contributions.

 

[absoluttalent]

just a sidenote when I was first dealing with it. I did occasionally have a little on the top of my mod. Best I could figure out, couldve been residual juice between the airflow ring and the base from when it was first leaking. Twisting and letting it sit let it dribble down. Not that it was huge puddles, just a slight ring. That didnt stop until it got a really good cleaning and drying out.

 

[Highwayman1224]

I never close the airflow, only the juice control. Pretty sure that's unnecessary....

I'm sure you've already heard this, but are you making sure your airflow and juice flow are both shut off when you have the top cap off?

 

[smacksy]

I left the atflow open and when I had the top off I noticed juice running out the air slot..wasn't much but I feel better closing it off before I break the vacuum taking the top cap off to refill it..havn't seen any leaks since..

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[roxynoodle]

Ok, took the photos for you of the Alleria since wicking is the same, but put them in the Alleria thread:

Augvape Alleria Rta!

 

[Croak]

Just looking at your most recent pictures, I'd say you don't have enough wick in the channels. I see gaps. Gaps are the enemy.

 

[Souljah96786]

I think u may have the wrong o ring at #2. I think it's suppose to be a small black one. I was having leaking issues as well but I changed all of the o rings and problem solved.


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[zenga]

Ok, took the photos for you of the Alleria since wicking is the same, but put them in the Alleria thread:

Augvape Alleria Rta!

Thanks, really helpful!

 

[zenga]

I think u may have the wrong o ring at #2. I think it's suppose to be a small black one. I was having leaking issues as well but I changed all of the o rings and problem solved.


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The one in the picture is the one it shipped with, have replaced it with the 'fat' black one which seems too big and makes the glass sits a bit loosely. Will replace that one with the smaller black one and see if it's helping.

 

[zenga]

Just looking at your most recent pictures, I'd say you don't have enough wick in the channels. I see gaps. Gaps are the enemy.

It's very possible of course, but too be honest I've tried at this point to use big wicks, small wicks, perky wicks, white wicks, Spanish wicks, yellow wicks, hot wicks, wet wicks, smelly wicks, hairy wicks, bloody wicks, snappin' wicks, silk wicks, velvet wicks, nalga high wicks, horse wicks, dog wicks, chicken wicks, ...

Ok I got carried a lil bit away here. Will definitely try to use some bigger wicks later today, Thanks for the help.

 

[84Harley]

I had leaking problems in the beginning too, but when wicking you can have absolutely NO cotton showing below the removable little ring, once I realized this I've been leak free!! I did notice in ur last photo there was just a tad below that ring....doesn't take much to screw it up, hope this helps! It is an awesome tank when it works, can't wait for the 25mm version!!!