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davess I can't do pics ... we make a good team
Take the bottom off remove the wick look down the shaft and you can see the centre pin I pushed this down with a Parker pen refill ..I then got hold of the other side ie the part protruding from the botom of the threaded section with a set of pliers and pulled it out ...you can then see the grommet again I used the pen refill and pushed the grommet up ...pushed the pin back in from the bottom put the wick back on put it all back together and hey presto!!!!
One working nova

davess I had to take mine apart and push the grommet up a little to get mine to work .

Nice one!! violetblade

I think I may have found an easier fix, having just stripped it, when you take the centre post out you can just see the hole (or part of it). If you take the Nova out of the box, hold it upright on a smooth firm surface and push down on the Nova. On the one I hadnt taken to bits it cured the problem. When you push down firmly it pushes the grommet up enough to fully expose the airhole in the gnurled base and provide the necessary air.  Both the novas now have a good air supply and the centre post is now sticking out less from the centre tube.
It has possibly just been a factory assembly problem where they havent realised the importance of making sure the grommet is firmly home.



That is the white grommet as far as it will go, so maybe something to look at with a poor draw on these on an ongoing basis. The hole was half covered before the grommet was pushed down, ie. out of the box.

The CE4s I've had off them seem pretty good to be honest, and it was a gamble on the novas, I've sent em a message about the novas, lets see what they say

I don't really mind either way, £3 novas are always gonna be just that, it's a risk I knew before buying them and accepted that