Smok tfv4 leaking help!!!
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I think ur chimney and the coil didnt get a good fit or oring there is messed up
I get occassional leaks when i accidentally let juice flow down the chimney
I've got the rba deck in mine and mine also leaks when i fill it. Pours right out the vent holes
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Received a new tfv4 yesterday. To prime it, I filled it with some 70 VG juice. Meant to leave it to sit for about 15mins, but forgot about it for like an hour. By that time, all the juice had leaked out. It had a triple coil in at the time. Shall try again with a quad tonight.
Same thing again with the quad. Left it standing overnight with juice in it, and everything leaked out from the airholes.
I had the exact same thing once with a triple and once with a quad.
One thing is, you need to to at least 1 or 2 short puffs to produce some negative pressure in the tank. And disassemble the tank completely and see if the chimney o-ring is in place.
Better way to assemble the tank for me is to screw the coil in the chimney and then assemble the base. Not coil in base and then in chimney
One thing is, you need to to at least 1 or 2 short puffs to produce some negative pressure in the tank. And disassemble the tank completely and see if the chimney o-ring is in place.
Better way to assemble the tank for me is to screw the coil in the chimney and then assemble the base. Not coil in base and then in chimney
This ^^^ is also what has worked for me so far. I've found that the chimney stack does not reach down to the coil-top far enough when the coil is tightened down into the base FIRST thus, not sealing between the two. Every time I tighten the coil into the base first, assemble, then fill above that connection, the juice drains past those threads above . So, tighten your coil onto the chimney connection THEN your base onto it. Be careful not to cross thread it on, it's a clunky way to go about it but, it seems to be working for me.TFV4 V2 is in order.
I had the exact same thing once with a triple and once with a quad.
One thing is, you need to to at least 1 or 2 short puffs to produce some negative pressure in the tank. And disassemble the tank completely and see if the chimney o-ring is in place.
Better way to assemble the tank for me is to screw the coil in the chimney and then assemble the base. Not coil in base and then in chimney
Thanks for the advise..
I think mine was leaking due to both issues - ie via the new coil's wick and through the chimney.
I went ahead and reassembled using the alternate manner you mention as well as creating negative pressure - all is good now.
So why is there this chimney issue? Glass piece is too tall?
This leakage is caused from over tightening the coil to the base. Happened to me the first fillup. Luckily I had a buddy who had figured it out.
That is my ONLY complaint with this tank. the Orings are crap at best. One of these days Im going to tear it all down and measure all the orings with my micrometer and then order some decent silicone ones. But I actually haavent had any leaks at all with it. Lve the tank. Only reason I have been using my Crown lately is it is black and looks better on my black IPV4, but now that I got my silver Raptor built I am gonna switch back to the TFV4.
Oh and someone mentioned all the wicking holes in the quad coils... If you ever take one apart after it has lived its life you will find those outer holes just open to an inner sleeve that has only two vertical slots 180 degrees apart that wick to the cotton. Cant remember how big they are, but they are smaller than the size of all the fancy holes in the outer casing.
Oh and someone mentioned all the wicking holes in the quad coils... If you ever take one apart after it has lived its life you will find those outer holes just open to an inner sleeve that has only two vertical slots 180 degrees apart that wick to the cotton. Cant remember how big they are, but they are smaller than the size of all the fancy holes in the outer casing.
I found the problem was the oring at the base of the coil... the juice leaked into the base chamber when sitting. This happened for both the triple and quad. I took the oring off the bottom of the triple, as I much preferred the vape on the quad, and put it on the base of the quad coil to double up and hasn't happened since.
Just a question. Im looking to replace the o-rings of my TFV4, do I need a special type (heat resistant if theres one) o-ring as a replacement? Or will any o-ring of the same size (diameter) do the job? TIA....
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My Mini (just got it yesterday) was great with the rba for the first three tanks of juice. No dry hits, no leaking. Just filled the stupid thing again and juice is coming out the airflow. The first fills I had the afc closed and it was fine. This time, I forgot to close the AFC. Could this be the culprit? I've had people tell me they never close their AFC and it never leaks for them. I want to like this tank. But I can't afford to just have my juice run out.
I went into a local shop and looked through their big box o orings. Found one that was black, same inside diameter, but a lot thicker. I'm not sure if it is high temp or what, but it works like a charm. Before that, I was using a little rubber band that my kid uses on his braces, just to try to use this tank until I could get a proper oring in that leaking chimney. That worked too, and I'm pretty sure that wasn't high temp (or even wise, but desperate times...)
Ill be the heretic amongst the quad/sextuple coil cloud worshippers....
Bought the TFV4 Mini, gave away the w@nky coils (ive never used prebuilt coils since day one) to a friend who bought one, and using the RCA deck (which is the reason i bought the tank, easy build deck, drop coil in, screw down), i have no need for stupid amounts of vapor, its about staying off cigarettes, in case some people had forgotten. RCA with SS in tc...nice
Bought the TFV4 Mini, gave away the w@nky coils (ive never used prebuilt coils since day one) to a friend who bought one, and using the RCA deck (which is the reason i bought the tank, easy build deck, drop coil in, screw down), i have no need for stupid amounts of vapor, its about staying off cigarettes, in case some people had forgotten. RCA with SS in tc...nice
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