How do you deal with Gurgling???
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Tutterz
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It can be a number of things, temperature can play a big role as metal contracts and expands, and viscosity of e liquid changes with temperature too. Even pressure in the tank can cause a leak. All of my bottom coil clearo's gurgled, some worse than others but all of them have done it many many times.
At first I used to disassemble and blow the excess juice out of the wick, then I discovered that by holding it upside down (drip tip down) the excess would also find it's way out of the top where I would be waiting with a paper towel, still not practical though.
I developed a little technique until I moved onto rebuildables to still get a vape, use the excess liquid up, and fix the gurgling without taking anything apart, although it took a few times of getting juice in my mouth until I clocked it.
When taking a draw I would tip the whole thing upside down while I was vaping, so the excess juice would run away from the wick and coil and down toward your mouth, allowing you to dry the wick a little bit and get some vape. The trick is though, is to be quick enough but take a long enough draw to not get liquid in your mouth as well as not burn the wick, if you do this 3 or 4 times you'll find the gurgles gone.
It's due to too much juice around the coil and wick that it blocks the main air hole, by doing this you're eliminating the excess juice from the wick and drying the wick out again, so as it runs back down toward the coil after you've taken a hit and stopped holding it upside down, it will quickly saturate the wick again, and like I said just repeat until the gurgles gone!
At first I used to disassemble and blow the excess juice out of the wick, then I discovered that by holding it upside down (drip tip down) the excess would also find it's way out of the top where I would be waiting with a paper towel, still not practical though.
I developed a little technique until I moved onto rebuildables to still get a vape, use the excess liquid up, and fix the gurgling without taking anything apart, although it took a few times of getting juice in my mouth until I clocked it.
When taking a draw I would tip the whole thing upside down while I was vaping, so the excess juice would run away from the wick and coil and down toward your mouth, allowing you to dry the wick a little bit and get some vape. The trick is though, is to be quick enough but take a long enough draw to not get liquid in your mouth as well as not burn the wick, if you do this 3 or 4 times you'll find the gurgles gone.
It's due to too much juice around the coil and wick that it blocks the main air hole, by doing this you're eliminating the excess juice from the wick and drying the wick out again, so as it runs back down toward the coil after you've taken a hit and stopped holding it upside down, it will quickly saturate the wick again, and like I said just repeat until the gurgles gone!
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Firstly I notice a few dual coils and BCC's there. The dual coils in the iClear range tend to suck up quite a lot of juice and then carry the it to a tiny airway where even the lightest airflow can cause spitting or gurgling. I can only suggest using a thicker juice (higher in VG), less tilting, adjusting the wicks/coils to increase airflow or find a way to make the silica top cap fit onto the tops of the wicks more tightly. The top silica cap is also very small and experiences gurgles more than say a wide toped EVOD.
As for the BCC's that is more obvious as the wicks are entirely submerged in liquid. Pressure differences, thin/warm liquid, removing the flavour wicks, flavour wicks touching the sides of the chamber after cleaning, drawing too hard and not firmly replacing the airflow stem can all help to cause this.
I always remove the flavour wicks and often find certain factory coils to be more temperamental. A well built 2mm DIY coil experiences these problems far less frequently IMO.
Generally, gurgles will be experienced at some point or another by airflow traveling past coils that are too saturated. Quick fix, shake/flick off excess tilt wicks out of juice and vape till gurgle stops.
Firstly I notice a few dual coils and BCC's there. The dual coils in the iClear range tend to suck up quite a lot of juice and then carry the it to a tiny airway where even the lightest airflow can cause spitting or gurgling. I can only suggest using a thicker juice (higher in VG), less tilting, adjusting the wicks/coils to increase airflow or find a way to make the silica top cap fit onto the tops of the wicks more tightly. The top silica cap is also very small and experiences gurgles more than say a wide toped EVOD.
As for the BCC's that is more obvious as the wicks are entirely submerged in liquid. Pressure differences, thin/warm liquid, removing the flavour wicks, flavour wicks touching the sides of the chamber after cleaning, drawing too hard and not firmly replacing the airflow stem can all help to cause this.
I always remove the flavour wicks and often find certain factory coils to be more temperamental. A well built 2mm DIY coil experiences these problems far less frequently IMO.
Generally, gurgles will be experienced at some point or another by airflow traveling past coils that are too saturated. Quick fix, shake/flick off excess tilt wicks out of juice and vape till gurgle stops.
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I find using a needle bottle helps a lot.
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I find using a needle bottle helps a lot. It's normally caused by liquid being trapped above or at the sides of the rubber cone on top of the wicks.
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It's a gurgling noise you hear while you try to inhale. It also makes it harder to inhale the vapour.
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I ignore it and put it down to qwerks of the kit 
only happens for the first couple of vapes after filling. Happens less if you fill up, reconnect the battery and put some twisted tissue through the tip to the bottom to take the excess juice
only happens for the first couple of vapes after filling. Happens less if you fill up, reconnect the battery and put some twisted tissue through the tip to the bottom to take the excess juice 
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