mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 So I liked my protank 3 mini so much I ordered a protank 2 as well (after hearing the single coils have much better flavor). Get it in the mail today, totally stoked to try it out. Put it together everything is sealed tight, pull out one of the brand new heads, install it, fill, and vape. I get through about 3 hits and all of the sudden i have liquid in my mouth. WTF? I wipe it all clean, pull the head out and examine it for cracks/tears in the seals - nothing. Thinking maybe I just received a faulty head, I pull out the 2nd brand new head. SAME THING. I think my spinner has trouble firing the 2.5ohm head so I switch back to the 1.8. I can get drags off of this thing but after 3-4 I have liquid coming into my drip tip once again. As well as on my battery connection. WTF is going on?! Never had such a problem with my mini. Is it possible that my battery is not firing the coil hot enough and I'm sucking up un-used liquid?
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 Oh yeah, and when I installed the 2.5ohm head (included with the protank) I got little to no air flow and a lot of gurgling. Not sure whats going on here.
ChesapeakeVapor Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Vince, I would break down the tank and take a look at all of your wet seal areas. I personally haven't used any of the single coil heads so I cannot speak to those. However, check your wet seals then check the heads again. Be sure to look very, very closely as the silicone can hide the smallest little leak. Also I've noticed that sometimes these coils take a little while to "burn in". But the fact that you have liquid on the battery obviously means there is a leak somewhere in the lower end of the tank. Is there a gurgling while you are drawing on this? Also, make sure the tank is at least half full. Many of the protanks and kanger heads tend to gurgle a bit once they get low. Especially while that coil is breaking in.
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) I took the tank apart again a little while ago and checked all the seals once more. Put it all back together and has been working much better since. Still don't know why the 2.5ohm head had absolutely no airflow though. Installed very same 2.5ohm head in protank 3 mini rather than the protank 2 and worked flawlessly - very confused. Edited May 1, 2014 by mvince201
Compenstine Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Sounds like you don't have your coil head screwed down tightly enough. That will happen if the coil head is loose in the base.
Compenstine Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 I took the tank apart again a little while ago and checked all the seals once more. Put it all back together and has been working much better since. Still don't know why the 2.5ohm head had absolutely no airflow though. That would be that rubber insulator is getting crushed and blocking air flow. loosen it a bit from the battery about a 1/8th turn
BirdDog Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Oh yeah, and when I installed the 2.5ohm head (included with the protank) I got little to no air flow and a lot of gurgling. Not sure whats going on here. It has been suggested the coils that come with the tanks are faulty and don't work well. Why? Who knows.
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 It has been suggested the coils that come with the tanks are faulty and don't work well. Why? Who knows. I kind of assumed this was the issue. This is my third protank, the other two had no issues at all. I tried to install the 2.5ohm coil head back into the protank 2 after checking everything out. Finally got a hit out of it but still very little airflow, not sure why it does not work well in the tank it came with but works flawlessly in my protank mini...weird.
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) Well Im kind of upset. Still getting liquid in my mouth no matter which head I use. Hopefully new coils will fix this problem. I will be picking some up tomorrow. Edited May 1, 2014 by mvince201
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 I'm really just having trouble understanding why the very same coil that will not work at all in my protank 2, works flawlessly in my protank 3 mini. I really doubt I will be purchasing any more kanger products. In fact, anyone want to buy a protank 2? LOL
fishguy1123 Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 (edited) Are you useing a dual coil head in the pt2? The kpt3 mini takes dual coil heads, and the kpt2 uses singles I believe. Edited May 1, 2014 by fishguy1123
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 Are you useing a dual coil head in the pt2? The kpt3 mini takes dual coil heads, and the kpt2 uses singles I believe. You are correct. And no I am not. The heads I have tried in the PT2 were the ones that came with it. It included a 2.5ohm head and a 1.8 ohm head. The 1.8 I tried first and ended up getting liquid in my mouth after a few hits. The 2.5 wouldn't do anything, couldn't even get any airflow through it. I finally got the 1.8ohm head to work in the PT2, not sure what I did just kept taking it apart and putting it back together a little bit looser/tighter each time finally got it to hit decent. The 2.5ohm head still will not do a damn thing in the PT2 no matter what I do, but works GREAT in the PT3 mini. No idea why, but thats whats going on. In fact, the PT3 heads actually won't even fit in the PT2, whereas the PT2 heads WILL fit in the PT3...marketing...
Mtdobies Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 My kpt2 wouldn't draw well on my vw2 then I tried a different beauty ring (one that came w it) and let it sit w juice soaking into new wicks... cleaned off flood I'd created not being patient w new coil, lightly blew extra juice into tissue and worked like a charm.
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 My kpt2 wouldn't draw well on my vw2 then I tried a different beauty ring (one that came w it) and let it sit w juice soaking into new wicks... cleaned off flood I'd created not being patient w new coil, lightly blew extra juice into tissue and worked like a charm. I've got it working much better now with the 1.8ohm head. But the 2.5ohm head still won't do a thing. Going to just let it sit and continue using my mini until tomorrow when I go to get new heads. Mtdobies 1
fishguy1123 Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 I'd take it with you to the B&M and maybe they can look at it to see what the deal is. Mtdobies 1
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 I'd take it with you to the B&M and maybe they can look at it to see what the deal is. Sorry not familiar with some of the lingo yet, B&M? I assume it means my local vendor, but what does it stand for?
Mtdobies Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Brick & Mortar.I call it algebra .. just wait you'll see
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 Brick & Mortar. I call it algebra .. just wait you'll see Lol...still confused but I'll take your word for it
fishguy1123 Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Yes, brick and mortar. There is a sticky in the new members area that has alot of terms that can help explain though. It's just a store you can go to, instead of an online vendor.
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 B&M/Brick and mortar = store Yeah...just didn't get the algebra part. But I think I do now lol. Mtdobies 1
Aquatroy Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 You might have a bad base, I would upgrade that KPT2 with an aerotank base replacement ($6). It will definitely improve your KTP 2 and take care of your leaking issue.... Tam and Mtdobies 2
mvince201 Posted May 1, 2014 Author Posted May 1, 2014 You might have a bad base, I would upgrade that KPT2 with an aerotank base replacement ($6). It will definitely improve your KTP 2 and take care of your leaking issue.... How would the base cause liquid to get into my drip tip?
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