Why do my Evods suddenly flood? Frustrated with it.

[jcco]

Out of the clear blue sky, my working good Evods start flooding.
This has happened many times. Is this something that can be fixed?
I generally wait for the performance to drop before I attempt a dry burn & good cleaning. Even when I do that it seems like once the Evod floods, that's it, it floods forever.

What is causing that?
I'm using 100VG Boba's Bounty so it's a surpeise that it floods at all.
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Or does this happen to others out there?

I'm at a loss & wind up replacing the entire head way too early. This is really frustrating.

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

Just cant quite figure out why you're having flooding problems, especially with Bobas.

Really would like to help ya figure it out though, i have so little trouble with all my PT's (2 PT1's, 2PT 1.5's, 2 PT2's) it bothers me that so many people have issues.

What are you doing with your old heads, i assume you arent rebuilding them?

 

[InTheClouds]

Make sure you are not screwing them closed to tight, if you do it squishes the lil rubber in there and will leak.

Hmmm.... sounds like instructions from a sex manual....

 

[Cavediver]

We've had the same thing happen. Once it was due to a cracked tank, no repair possible. Another couple of times required a new coil before they would work again. Dunno why, but that's what it took...

Have you tried replacing the heads?

ETA: if you have a couple of them, you could try swapping heads and bases to see if you can figure out which side is responsible for the problem.

 

[jotook24tovaip]

Not sure if this will help...but with me, if I run my evod's or t3s' to near to empty they will start to gurgle then leak, don't seem to have that problem otherwise. I have accidentally let the coil unscrew a little too...that leaks
Hope it helps.
Replacing heads/coils was my only fix too.

 

[williebb123]

Not sure if this will help...but with me, if I run my evod's or t3s' to near to empty they will start to gurgle then leak, don't seem to have that problem otherwise. I have accidentally let the coil unscrew a little too...that leaks
Hope it helps.
Replacing heads/coils was my only fix too.

you may be on to something there , back when every body was using dual coil cartos in tanks whether they were slotted or punched there was a pressure equalization when they got low and they would flood out the bottom that maybe whats happing here if so just refill once it drops alittle below halfway or when youve noticed the point of flooding

 

[crxess]

Leaking comes from:
Crack in tank - allows air in/fluid out
Missing/Damaged/ mis-fit Seal coil to upper pipe. Always slip the seal up a touch and let the pipe Seat it as needed.
Lose coil - coils can back out when removing base to fill, always check before reinstalling base.
Flavor wicks Damaged, Missing, improperly installed.

Tank is a sealed unit
Wicks FILL the slot
Seals secure the Coil Head - Bottom and top.

 

[jcco]

Just cant quite figure out why you're having flooding problems, especially with Bobas.

Really would like to help ya figure it out though, i have so little trouble with all my PT's (2 PT1's, 2PT 1.5's, 2 PT2's) it bothers me that so many people have issues.

What are you doing with your old heads, i assume you arent rebuilding them?

I haven't rebuilt them yet. It's on my to learn list. Im setting them aside to rebuild later.
I don't have troubles with my Kanger stuff until it just happens. One second you're vaping away & the next you have a flooded mess. It seems to be the wicks. I have switched out the main body to eliminate that being the problem.
The one that just happened did it in mid flight. Everything was fine til it happened. I don't get it at all except it has something to do with the wicks.

 

[jcco]

This is another case of this happeneing to me. Everything is normal when all of the sudden I've got a flood. This time the Evod was about 2/3 full so being too low isn't the problem. I've had to just go ahead & replace the entire head to make it stop. One time it took 2 different brand new heads to fix the problem. Makes me think it's a QC problem.

I love them when they work right but this is some serious brain damage. I've tried everything in the book & nothing seems to help at all. Once it's flooded all I can do is keep replacing the heads til I get 1 that works.

I know it's not over-tightening or anything like that. I still think it has to do with the wicking cause this isn't the 1st time it has happened.
It has done it on a completely different Evod too.

Guess I better stock up [again] on more heads. Lol.

 

[drsocal]

Electronics....it's bound to happen.

 

[McFeely]

Is it possible you accidentally pulled one of the "flavor wicks" out while removing or putting on the base?

 

[supermarket]

Out of the clear blue sky, my working good Evods start flooding.
This has happened many times. Is this something that can be fixed?
I generally wait for the performance to drop before I attempt a dry burn & good cleaning. Even when I do that it seems like once the Evod floods, that's it, it floods forever.

What is causing that?
I'm using 100VG Boba's Bounty so it's a surpeise that it floods at all.
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Or does this happen to others out there?

I'm at a loss & wind up replacing the entire head way too early. This is really frustrating.

Because the plastic is cracked.

I guarantee you, if your evod started flooding out of the blue, that is what it is. Happened twice to mine.

Often times you wont even know its cracked, unless it is flooding. Take a flashlight and look inside.

 

[supermarket]

Yea, after reading his other replies, I'd put money on it - theres a crack in the tank.

in my experience, it is always either A) cracked tank, B) O-rings broke/lost/misplaced C) issue with the coil.

In this case, sounds like a cracked tank. Cracks can be EXTREMELY difficult to see, especially if they are small. I had two evods crack recently, and I had to REALLY , REALLY investigate to find the cracks.

 

[Rickajho]

I haven't rebuilt them yet. It's on my to learn list. Im setting them aside to rebuild later.
I don't have troubles with my Kanger stuff until it just happens. One second you're vaping away & the next you have a flooded mess. It seems to be the wicks. I have switched out the main body to eliminate that being the problem.
The one that just happened did it in mid flight. Everything was fine til it happened. I don't get it at all except it has something to do with the wicks.

Ummm... did you just say in mid flight??? Are you talking about these flooding in context of changes in cabin pressure? Yeah - they are gonna do that.

 

[jcco]

Are Evods glued together? I checked for cracks & it isn't. I wonder if the body became dis-attached due to some kind of glue?
Is that possible? I've checked everything I can think of.

 

[jcco]

Ummm... did you just say in mid flight??? Are you talking about these flooding in context of changes in cabin pressure? Yeah - they are gonna do that?

No, no plane trips for me. Ha.

 

[rlh445]

Lots of things. Pressure has a lot to do with bottom coils. First off, a change in temperature (ie from a climate controlled building to the warmer outside) will do it. Going from the fifth floor to the first floor will do it. Sitting it on it's side for too long will do it. Looking at it the wrong way will do it. Pulling too hard will do it. Pulling too soft will do it. Letting your cat take a hit will....you get the picture

 

[cmdebrecht]

Out of the clear blue sky, my working good Evods start flooding.
This has happened many times. Is this something that can be fixed?
I generally wait for the performance to drop before I attempt a dry burn & good cleaning. Even when I do that it seems like once the Evod floods, that's it, it floods forever.

What is causing that?
I'm using 100VG Boba's Bounty so it's a surpeise that it floods at all.
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Or does this happen to others out there?

I'm at a loss & wind up replacing the entire head way too early. This is really frustrating.

Thank you so much for asking this. I thought it was just me. And while I will admit to operator error when I absolutely have to, I just really hate to.

We must repeat the following affirmation: "I am smarter than the tank. I am smarter than the tank."

 

[23skidoo]

I had the same thing with my Evod and it drove me nuts. I liked the size and look and the vape was OK until that dang leaking. That was when I first started on this whole vaping thing and had pretty much had it with all clearos, so I went to carto-tanks. I cleaned out my Evod and put it in the box-o-shame until recently. I started building microcoils in my rda's and wicking them with cotton. It was so easy to make a coil and replace wick went I felt the need I forgot about my Evod.

Well, the other day I'm at the football game and my buddy is vaping on his Protank2 and saying he wished it hit harder. He's using a little ego battery. I told him to save his old heads and I'd see what I what I could cook up for him on a rebuilt head. From what I understand Evod heads and Protank heads are pretty much the same, and I happen to have an old Evod in the box-o-shame. I wrapped a 1.3 ohm Microcoil out of 28g Kanthal wicked it with cotton, and put the old flavor wicks back on top of the coil. That little thing is going strong for 5 tanks full (vaped down to wick level each time) and not a drop has leaked out the bottom.

That's all I got. Make sure you keep your old heads even if you don't rebuild now, cuz ya never know.

 

[supermarket]

Are Evods glued together? I checked for cracks & it isn't. I wonder if the body became dis-attached due to some kind of glue?
Is that possible? I've checked everything I can think of.

You checked for cracks INSIDE, right?

The cracks won't show up on the outside.