Whyyyyyyyyyyyy Is There Vapour In My Tank?

[WhamBamSam]

*Whines* Rainbow V3 clearo. I thought I had screwed everything down properly and tightly after cleaning etc and as the title says, it fills up with vapour every time I take a draw. Arrrgggghhhh! And I had just filled it with the last of my ECT. I've nothing suitable to drain it into, either. Bumsticks!

[mybad]

got to be a seal leak .

[WhamBamSam]

Mar 6, 2013 20:12:08 GMT mybad said:

got to be a seal leak .

Could you point me in the appropriate direction, then? Cheers!

[mybad]

Mar 6, 2013 20:18:14 GMT WhamBamSam said:

Mar 6, 2013 20:12:08 GMT mybad said:

got to be a seal leak .

Could you point me in the appropriate direction, then? Cheers!

The only place I can think of is the top end ( drip tip ) not sealing onto the top of the atomizer, either the rubber cap on top of the atomizer or a seal on the drip tip itself if it has one .

[ChillerVapes]

1. check that the top is screwed down fully

2. check that the tank is not coming away from the bottom slightly. Take it off your device get something hard (ie a plate or a chopping board) and put the tank on to a work surface and push down on the drip tip (you can remove it if it's empty) and the tank should move down tighter (even if you don't notice it)

[mybad]

Mar 6, 2013 20:31:04 GMT ChillerVapes said:

1. check that the top is screwed down fully

2. check that the tank is not coming away from the bottom slightly. Take it off your device get something hard (ie a plate or a chopping board) and put the tank on to a work surface and push down on the drip tip (you can remove it if it's empty) and the tank should move down tighter (even if you don't notice it)

Its a screw on tank like the ce5 not ce4.

[ChillerVapes]

Oh... so the drip tip is not screw on???

In that case, make sure it's screwed down fully and the drip tip is fully pushed down.

[WhamBamSam]

It's a push down and screw-in drip tip

[mybad]

Mar 6, 2013 20:43:16 GMT WhamBamSam said:

It's a push down and screw-in drip tip

Their should be a seal ring at the top of the tank the the drip tip seals against just before you start to screw the drip tip down, just make sure it is not damaged or missing, that's all that I can think that it can be .

[WhamBamSam]

I'll have a poke about if I can find something suitable to decant the juice into. Thanks guys.

[ChillerVapes]

Oh I know what your on about, it's the exact same as a rebuilable CE4/5??? (damn things) lol

fully screw it all together tight, then still press it down hard like I said before because where the bottom metal ring and the small top metal ring which the drip tip screws into are just press fitted onto the plastic tank. They are not glued or anything.

[mybad]

Mar 6, 2013 20:50:22 GMT WhamBamSam said:

I'll have a poke about if I can find something suitable to decant the juice into. Thanks guys.

You should be able to see the seal when you take the drip tip out, plus you will know if it is there because you can feel the very slight resistance when you shove the drip tip back in just before you start to screw it down.

[WhamBamSam]

Mar 6, 2013 20:54:42 GMT mybad said:

Mar 6, 2013 20:50:22 GMT WhamBamSam said:

I'll have a poke about if I can find something suitable to decant the juice into. Thanks guys.

You should be able to see the seal when you take the drip tip out, plus you will know if it is there because you can feel the very slight resistance when you shove the drip tip back in just before you start to screw it down.

Yes, I think I know the seal you are talking about. It split on a previous non rebuildable so I am always careful round it, anyway.

Off for a looky now.

[mybad]

Mar 6, 2013 20:51:19 GMT ChillerVapes said:

Oh I know what your on about, it's the exact same as a rebuilable CE4/5??? (damn things) lol

fully screw it all together tight, then still press it down hard like I said before because where the bottom metal ring and the small top metal ring which the drip tip screws into are just press fitted onto the plastic tank. They are not glued or anything.

The pressing down would only stop external liquid leaks not internal leakage.

[WhamBamSam]

Righty-ho. Top drip tip seal was fine. Did as Chiller suggested and pressed down on the tank. There was a slight 'crump' noise and now all seems well. Hopefully that's done the trick.

I appreciate your help. Marvellous!