Well, my Colibri finally screwed up massively (very low flame on the highest setting, regardless of proper filling technique).
What I noticed upon draining and disassembly is this: the rubber tubing between the pull-valve for the fuel compartment and the jet assembly seemed a bit hard. I used a pair of pliers to squish it around a bit and it works fine now, although it's still showing some stiffness.
The tubing bend angle has nothing to do with the issue, as that's how the flame height is controlled...kink the tubing to lower the flame, unrestrict to make it higher....
....the actual problem seems to be the tubing holding it's shape if the lighter is ran too long. Perhaps a different grade tubing will fix this.
Once I get some time to go part hunting, I'll see if that's true.
edit: actually, this may apply to other makes of jet lighter that exhibit this behavior as well....so if your lighter is showing the same symptoms, give this a try and see how it works....remember to squish the rubber tubing, not the metal pull-valve tubing..that would total the lighter.
re-edit: dangit, it's doing it again...I'll experiment with a tubing replacment in the near future...
What I noticed upon draining and disassembly is this: the rubber tubing between the pull-valve for the fuel compartment and the jet assembly seemed a bit hard. I used a pair of pliers to squish it around a bit and it works fine now, although it's still showing some stiffness.
The tubing bend angle has nothing to do with the issue, as that's how the flame height is controlled...kink the tubing to lower the flame, unrestrict to make it higher....
....the actual problem seems to be the tubing holding it's shape if the lighter is ran too long. Perhaps a different grade tubing will fix this.
Once I get some time to go part hunting, I'll see if that's true.
edit: actually, this may apply to other makes of jet lighter that exhibit this behavior as well....so if your lighter is showing the same symptoms, give this a try and see how it works....remember to squish the rubber tubing, not the metal pull-valve tubing..that would total the lighter.
re-edit: dangit, it's doing it again...I'll experiment with a tubing replacment in the near future...
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