Frustration

[Chomsky86]

Ok I'm getting pretty annoyed.

Last week I purchased the Kanger Protank 2 after using the eLeaf BCC tank. The reason for switching up was simple - the eLeaf's rubber o-ring kept threading, resulting in a lot of wasted juice leaking in to my pocket.

So, after trying out the Kanger Protank 2, I decided this may be the solution. I've only been using it for 2 days now. Today, the coil started to get flooded with juice. I thought this may be a result of pressure building up inside the tank, so I took it all apart, cleaned the coil of the excess juice, the battery where the coil had flooded it and the tube going up the the mouth piece.

5 min later, same story! Perhaps I am stupid,but this is really pissing me off. Does anyone have any idea as to why this is happening, and how I can fix this? The thing is barely a week old and only been used for 2 days! ??

 

[Riaz]

i have found that this is nothing new to the protanks.

best fix would be to rebuild the coil.

have you tried replacing the coil and see if that helps?

 

[Chomsky86]

i have found that this is nothing new to the protanks.

best fix would be to rebuild the coil.

have you tried replacing the coil and see if that helps?

I don't have a spare coil with me. The whole tank has emptied in the space of like two hours. I will change it when I get home but I'm really getting annoyed. I am yet to experience joyful vaping.

 

[Die Kriek]

Think it may just be a bad coil. Hope you can fix it @Chomsky86, the mPT2 is a great little tank when working properly

 

[ET]

in all likelyhood it's the coil, or some small part of the coil that's gone kaput. like one of the little rubber grommets in there that has gotten too hot and ripped or melted a little then boom goes the coil and the leakage begins. my last coil i built was just pure perfection and with cotton changing and dryburning actually lasted me 2 months. sadly now it starts leaking after a few minutes of vaping. goodbye sweet coil, i will always remember you

 

[Chomsky86]

New Coil when I get home then.

 

[Lee_T]

This thing gave me the same problem. I tried 3 new coils, and 2 rebuilds. I drilled out the air holes. I tried loose and tight assembly. I tried cleaning the thing at least ten different times. I've given up on it. I hate it, and I'll never buy kanger.

I'm sticking with my simple drippers. Nothing to go wrong there.

Lee

 

[BhavZ]

Check the threading of the coil in the base.

Tighten it down till its is finger tight then give it another half turn, if it tightens some more then the issue is that the threading is not cut properly in the base.

I have noticed that is standard issue with the protanks

 

[Chomsky86]

@Lee_T If I experience the same trouble as you do then the people at the shop are gonna get it in the neck. It came highly recommended!

 

[ET]

i have 1 old protank base that just leaks. i know it's the base because have tried different coils and tanks on there with different bases and its the base. probably some stripped threading or the oring. but it's ok for me because now i have a spare base to screw new rebuilt coils into to test the ohms

 

[Lee_T]

@Lee_T If I experience the same trouble as you do then the people at the shop are gonna get it in the neck. It came highly recommended!

I hope it works out better for you than it did for me. I had the local shops looking at it and messing with it too. It would work extremely well briefly and periodically, followed by flooding and leaking.



Lee

 

[Lee_T]

i have 1 old protank base that just leaks. i know it's the base because have tried different coils and tanks on there with different bases and its the base. probably some stripped threading or the oring. but it's ok for me because now i have a spare base to screw new rebuilt coils into to test the ohms

I found replacement bases online for just over a buck, so I may actually try this... new hope?



Lee

 

[RezaD]

Ok I'm getting pretty annoyed.

Last week I purchased the Kanger Protank 2 after using the eLeaf BCC tank. The reason for switching up was simple - the eLeaf's rubber o-ring kept threading, resulting in a lot of wasted juice leaking in to my pocket.

So, after trying out the Kanger Protank 2, I decided this may be the solution. I've only been using it for 2 days now. Today, the coil started to get flooded with juice. I thought this may be a result of pressure building up inside the tank, so I took it all apart, cleaned the coil of the excess juice, the battery where the coil had flooded it and the tube going up the the mouth piece.

5 min later, same story! Perhaps I am stupid,but this is really pissing me off. Does anyone have any idea as to why this is happening, and how I can fix this? The thing is barely a week old and only been used for 2 days! ??

Ok....there are 2 things that make it leak
1) The silicone grommet that sits on the coil head is not sealing. I have struggled with this. Only solution I have found to take an additional grommet from another coil head and place it upside down (cup facing up) on top of the grommet that is already there. Works for me. There are 2 things to watch out for :
a) It will now be more difficult to screw the base on (watch out for cross-threading)
b) When unscrewing the base to refill with juice it sometimes turns the coil loose from the base. Always check the coil is screwed in properly when re-filling.

2) There is not enough flavour wick on the coil and therefore liquid is entering the coil chamber. This is easy. Just remove the flavour wick and replace with a 2mm or greater piece of wick. The more wick there is the less air can be drawn into the chamber and the more likely it will be to get that burnt taste and the draw is tighter. Just turn down the voltage/wattage on the batt when this happens.

Hope this helps....

 

[ET]

I found replacement bases online for just over a buck, so I may actually try this... new hope?

Lee

rather get the kanger airflow control valve. some local resellers have them or else slowtech has a cheap one also. will do nice wonderfull things to the older protanks

 

[Riaz]

good solid advice @RezaD

 

[Lee_T]

Thanks denizenx.



Lee

 

[Chomsky86]

Thanks All! I'm gonna play around with what has been suggested above and see what works!

 

[Rob Fisher]

I would be willing to bet that changing the coil will solve the issue... I'v had the same issue with the Aerotank and a mPT2. In both cases changing the coils solved the problem and happiness ensued!

 

[Derick]

1) The silicone grommet that sits on the coil head is not sealing. I have struggled with this. Only solution I have found to take an additional grommet from another coil head and place it upside down (cup facing up) on top of the grommet that is already there. Works for me. There are 2 things to watch out for :

We had this happen with a customer the other day and it seems somewhere along the line was a bad batch of grommets - they are slightly more flimsy compared to the usual grommets, but it only seems to be limited to the coils that come with the tank.

So yeah, the extra grommet upside down does the trick, or simply try replacing the grommet with another one - or even easier, put in a new coil

 

[Chomsky86]

@Derick The coil in the device is the one that came with it, but it looks a bit frayed so I'll pop a new one in when I get home and see how it goes.

 

[Derick]

@Derick The coil in the device is the one that came with it, but it looks a bit frayed so I'll pop a new one in when I get home and see how it goes.

Yeah the only reason these devices would give any issues would be coil malfunction in some way - but luckily that is a consumable item, so it is an easy fix

 

[Andre]

Bottom line, do not buy the big Protanks, all versions. The Minis are far better as is the newer Aerotank.

 

[Chomsky86]

@Matthee I'll know that for next time!

 

[Andre]

Yeah, I know. It has been mentioned a few times on this forum that the big Protanks are not up to scratch, but one has to like read a lot of stuff to pick that up. We should start a thread somewhere on what not to buy!

 

[Die Kriek]

Yeah, I know. It has been mentioned a few times on this forum that the big Protanks are not up to scratch, but one has to like read a lot of stuff to pick that up. We should start a thread somewhere on what not to buy!

That sounds like a great idea! But why just stop at what not to buy, why not have a "rate your gear" thread where we can all post what we have and our thoughts, maybe give everything a rating out of 5, something like
1. Must have . .
2. Nice to have . .
3. Have . . somewhere
4. Why do I have . .
5. Wish I never had . .