New Tank and BVC coil help

[Tech Junkie]

I recently purchased a Beyond Vape Silo Lite with Aspire BVC coils to use on my iStick. When using the tank with the BVC coils I had a problem getting juice in my mouth with the smaller tip. In fact, juice would actually collect in the tip until it was nearly full. I tried the wide tip and this worked better but eventually I could taste juice.

I contacted Beyond Vape and they stated I must be pulling too hard, which I wasn't. I tried turning the wattage up from 5-6 to 8-9. This didn't seem to help so being new to all of this I decided to enlarge the holes in the base one size thinking it might not be getting enough air over the coils causing too much juice to flow into the coil. (It was just a wild guess reading that many open the holes on their tanks).

Now, I can get a pretty decent vape, though pretty airy since each hole is now 2mm if I keep the watts to between 6 and 7. The problem now is that when the coils initially fire I hear a few pops and sometimes I can actually feel little drops of juice hit my mouth. Turning up the wattage only seems to make it pop more, which makes sense, and I can taste it more. The narrow tip works better also, however, it eventually seems to collect enough juice to eventually become filled again.

The coil starts clear and not flooded. I have tried closing off one air hole just in case I actually created too much air flow and nothing seems to be the right answer. It seems if I let it sit between vapes it is better. If I vape normally like I would smoking then this seems to get worse.

I could use it like this but it would not be the ideal setup. Of course Beyond Vape asked me to try the BDC coils and while they work the flavor seems to disappear. If it wasn't for the brief popping and the mist of juice that seems to hit my mouth I would not have any complaints. Maybe this is how they work and I am being too picky. The Aspire BVC (not Nautilus) coils do not have any screen over the tops of them as I have heard some say exists on the Nautilus. Could that be the issue? I am looking for ideas as I am basically out.

 

[yoitstj]

The missing screen you mentioned could cause that. Have you tried any other coils? BDC? Another BVC? Another BVC from a different pack even?

 

[Wolfenstark]

Just had a vape and the coil did pop and hiss but this coil i have been using for a week.
I don't have any screen over the nautilus bvc's , looking down you can see white wicking material which i gather surrounds the coil.
Perhaps popping is just some gunk build up or bad coil.

 

[Fattlestar]

You could try a coil from a completely different pack, as yoitstj suggested. You might have gotten a bad pack. Worst case, maybe you could return your Silo Lite and get a replacement?

I do hope you get this sorted out. I was actually very close to ordering one myself.

 

[Tech Junkie]

The missing screen you mentioned could cause that. Have you tried any other coils? BDC? Another BVC? Another BVC from a different pack even?

I am not certain about the screen. I just read a post where someone mentioned the screen on top of their BVC moved and they had to recenter it. Maybe it was part of their tank and I missunderstood. I tried the BDC and it worked but very tight draw and little to no flavor. I have tried two different BVC's with the same result, however I only have one pack. Instead of spend the money on another pack I would probably just put it towards a RBA and build my own coils and wicks.

Just had a vape and the coil did pop and hiss but this coil i have been using for a week.
I don't have any screen over the nautilus bvc's , looking down you can see white wicking material which i gather surrounds the coil.
Perhaps popping is just some gunk build up or bad coil.

The popping and hissing is OK. It is that when it pops I get a few micro drops of juice in the roof of my mouth. They don't burn but they are definitely there as you can immediately tell. It is otherwise great with great vapor and flavor.

You could try a coil from a completely different pack, as yoitstj suggested. You might have gotten a bad pack. Worst case, maybe you could return your Silo Lite and get a replacement?

I do hope you get this sorted out. I was actually very close to ordering one myself.

It may be an excellent tank. I am new enough to all of this it could just be me or just one bad one out of the bunch. The review I watched all mentioned the BVC coils were the way to go and not one complaint of what I am experiencing. I have cleaned it and refilled it and changed coils. I may have found the problem. I am no expert on airflow, however, the tank has two holes. I thought it might not be getting enough air so I drilled each one out one size larger. This made each hole 2mm. When I got home from work I changed the coil and tested it. So far the problem seems to be greatly improved with no juice being detected just good vapor. I am using a 50/50 juice. 70/30 seemed to make it even worse, even to the point of unusable. Again, it could have been the Coil, Airflow, Wattage or a combination of them all. I also tried closing off one of the air holes leaving one 2mm hole. It may be that the original size air holes were fine. My modification may not have contributed anything. I will try this for a tank and report back.

Please don't rule this tank out on my account. I am new enough to all of this to not consider myself a good source of information. I have seen post where people have had issues with Aspire Nautilus tanks yet many consider them to be excellent tanks. I contribute most issues to operator error until proven otherwise!

 

[Tech Junkie]

Just a quick update on the BVC coil and the Beyond Vape Silo Lite tank. I may have found my issue. After reading many posts about BVC coils and flooding I gave the Silo Lite another try. This time I pulled the o ring up on the chimney and then screwed it together once filled. I stopped screwing the base on once it made good contact with the O ring. I didn't crush it all the way down. I also ensured my coil was absolutely tight. Since this I have had very good success with this tank. Great flavor and vapor production without the spitting and flooding. I also turned the wattage up on my iStick to around 8 watts. All seems well after several tanks. I also changed coils to test and same result with a new coil as well. Much happier now.