Stingray Leaking

[salim919]

My friend just got a stainless steel stingray mod by hcigar. he has a kayfun 3.1 RTA by hcigar on it. he screwed the top cap on extremely tight and won't unscrew. tried using pliers and still won't work. My main question is why is it leaking inside his stingray tube on the battery? I have tried searching google and can't find a solution. I have a brass stingray by hcigar and i have no problems whatsoever. any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Neolithium]

It's probably leaking through the top cap and through the 510 connector into the tube. It's not fluid or air tight. Not sure if the 3.1 has the air flow or fill port on the bottom, but there's probably something coming out of there and running down.

 

[fotis3d]

This could happen by 2 reasons.

1) It is leaking through the filling hole beneath but then the juice would come out on the sides of the stingray as well and not only inside. An o-ring on the screw might fix this for proper sealing.

2) the insulator of the 510 connection is damaged and it leaks through there. So the insulator might need replacement.

 

[salim919]

Thanks for the responses. What about getting the top cap off of the kayfun 3.1?

 

[DreamWithin]

For the stuck top cap, try sticking it in the freezer for a few minutes. Sometimes a little bit of expansion or contraction of the metal is enough to break the seal when pieces are stuck together

 

[salim919]

I used electrical tape and pliers and it worked for the top cap. still waiting on him to let me know about the leaking issues.

 

[DreamWithin]

Hmm, does it look like the leaking is coming from the center pin of the Kayfun clone? Perhaps juice is leaking down into that bottom section and out around the center post screw. Not sure the best fix for that without seeing it up close in person

As for how it's getting inside the mod, are there any o-rings on the self-adjusting center pin of the Stingray clone? If so, perhaps they are damaged and just need to be replaced