Ok so I just started vaping last week. Bought a simple ego-t-ce4 kit. My friend suggested a bottom load so I went to the vapor house and got a kangertech t3'd. Bought some caramel coconut liguid and went home. Loaded it up with my new flavor and put it on my ego-t batt. Vaped ita few times worked ok and then I tasted a mouthful of liguid. Spit it out tried again same thing. Again. Same. . So I opened it up dumped it out and repeated all steps. Worked fine for a few then same thing. Lots of liguid leaking. So much that in just a couple vapes half the tank was gone. When I took it off there was liquid all on the battery. I gave up and went back to the ce4 it came with. So now its sitting in a small cup (not leaking) waiting to be used. Does anyone have any suggestions on what is causing this. Is it just a defective tank.
question about leaking ejuice? new at this btw
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Maybe a defective coil but make sure everything is screwed down properly, or try a new coil for it. I was using an i30b for a while and it never leaked or gurgled. Bought my mate one and his was leaking all over the place. I suspected the pre installed coil was somehow at fault either not sealing, or bad wicking and letting too much juice in.
I did take it apart and it was loose the first time. So I thought ok tighten it and it will work but still leaked everywhere. I will try a new coil and see if that works. Thanks
Did you store your vape lay on its side ?
It s best with new stuff to check that all the seals are in place and all the screw in parts are finger tight
Most toppers will leak a bit from time to time, it s the nature of the design, but not as much as you describe
It s best with new stuff to check that all the seals are in place and all the screw in parts are finger tight
Most toppers will leak a bit from time to time, it s the nature of the design, but not as much as you describe
Always check a new clearomizer before filling it to make sure the coil head is snuggly attached to the bottom base. I've seen them just loose in the tank -- a sure scenario for major leaking if you don't catch it.
Allow a new coil head time to absorb the e-liquid. Two or three minutes is fine, or if you're impatient, do a couple of "primer puffs" -- suck on the tank without any power applied. This should prevent any dry or burnt hits initially.
Your draw techique is very important. Drawing too hard will pull more liquid to the coil than it can effectively vaporize. The excess juice remains in the air chamber, resulting in gurgling, juice in the mouth, or liquid leaking onto the top of the battery. When this happens, remove the tank and blow into a paper towel to remove the excess. In extreme flooding, also remove the base, dry off the entire coil head with a paper towel, and reattach to the tank.
Use a very gentle, long draw each time you vape. After heavy use (chain vaping), the wick will become over-saturated and will need to dried off with the above paper towel technique. In extreme cases, the entire coil head will need to be replaced with a new one.
Remember, these tanks use very tiny wicks and coils. Heavy use will cause them to either flood, or provide dry burnt hits due to inadequate wicking. If flooding continues to be an issue, pre-burn the coil for a second or two before you vape on it. If the opposite occurs (frequent dry hits), do a primer puff prior to taking your draw with power on.
Allow a new coil head time to absorb the e-liquid. Two or three minutes is fine, or if you're impatient, do a couple of "primer puffs" -- suck on the tank without any power applied. This should prevent any dry or burnt hits initially.
Your draw techique is very important. Drawing too hard will pull more liquid to the coil than it can effectively vaporize. The excess juice remains in the air chamber, resulting in gurgling, juice in the mouth, or liquid leaking onto the top of the battery. When this happens, remove the tank and blow into a paper towel to remove the excess. In extreme flooding, also remove the base, dry off the entire coil head with a paper towel, and reattach to the tank.
Use a very gentle, long draw each time you vape. After heavy use (chain vaping), the wick will become over-saturated and will need to dried off with the above paper towel technique. In extreme cases, the entire coil head will need to be replaced with a new one.
Remember, these tanks use very tiny wicks and coils. Heavy use will cause them to either flood, or provide dry burnt hits due to inadequate wicking. If flooding continues to be an issue, pre-burn the coil for a second or two before you vape on it. If the opposite occurs (frequent dry hits), do a primer puff prior to taking your draw with power on.
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Another thing to check is whether or not you have a "flavor wick" on it. There should be another little strand of wick laying on top of the wick/coil. It fills the space between your wick and chimney to help prevent leaks. If it's not there, a little piece of silica wick might help solve the problem, if you don't have any, a little twist of cotton will do the same thing, probably even better.
I found a Kanger T3-D in my box today.
It had a new coil last week, and less than 1.0ml appeared to be vaped, so I've hardly used it. So - I put it on a mod to see if it would vape.
It was leaking and gurgling. Just terrible. Took it apart to see what was going on and t.b.h. the arrangement of the Silica strands was so bad, there's no possibility of it not leaking. That's just how poor the quality is on these factory heads. Some have bad wraps. Some have bad Silica, some have both.
So - that's another one to rebuild down the line.
They might be cheap, but I think Kanger must be laughing all the way to the bank.
(oh... and the flavour wick is in between the dual coils/wicks)....
It had a new coil last week, and less than 1.0ml appeared to be vaped, so I've hardly used it. So - I put it on a mod to see if it would vape.
It was leaking and gurgling. Just terrible. Took it apart to see what was going on and t.b.h. the arrangement of the Silica strands was so bad, there's no possibility of it not leaking. That's just how poor the quality is on these factory heads. Some have bad wraps. Some have bad Silica, some have both.
So - that's another one to rebuild down the line.
They might be cheap, but I think Kanger must be laughing all the way to the bank.
(oh... and the flavour wick is in between the dual coils/wicks)....
If you're so inclined, you might look into rebuilding these with your own coil and wicks. I've been doing that with an old Kanger T3S for about a year now and have been very, very pleased with it...it's my "take to work" vape. This morning, I rebuilt it with a 1.7 ohm microcoil and cotton pad wick and I have to say it's really a very good vape, lots of vapor production, good flavor, no leaks, hassle free. I do this every couple of weeks, and dry burn/rewick every few tanks.
There are lots of videos around on rebuilding these things and I watched a bunch of them until I got comfortable with the process. Once you've tried it and had success, it's kind of fun and very much worth the effort. But don't try it until you're familiar with it and have an ohm reader!!
There are lots of videos around on rebuilding these things and I watched a bunch of them until I got comfortable with the process. Once you've tried it and had success, it's kind of fun and very much worth the effort. But don't try it until you're familiar with it and have an ohm reader!!
Thanks for all the helpful tips. Definately will try a few when i get off work tomorrow.
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