Lighter question..

phobicsquirrel · September 2010

james40 · September 2010

Yesterday I was reading an article about lighter maintenance and they say to use an air can to blow out any residue/buildup on the lighter.

gaberox · September 2010

I dont know but Ive been having the same problem and if frusturates my greatly. I have a dual flame torch. If I do manage to get it going nice if I let off then try to push it again no luck. I have semi ruined some sticks with the one flame working and the other going in and out cause I will be using the good flame then the other will kick in and torch down the side. I chalk it up to the cheap fluid I use. Need to get some xikar fluid. Probably just going to get a new torch also.

wwhwang · September 2010

Sounds like something's clogged. My lighter was sparking, but the flame was ridiculously low if it actually came through. Took canned air and blew through it. Lighter works like a charm again.

Dustin1981 · September 2010

I was having the same issues with one of my lighters a while back. The air can fixed the problem but it keeps happening every couple of times I fill it. The best lighter I have is the $5 single torch I picked up at the B&M a while ago. It never clogs and it never seems to have any problems filling. Oh crap I probably just jinxed myself on that one.

24footjet · September 2010

You may want to change your butane. I had some colibri butane... thought my lighter was ruined..sent it back to xikar. They shipped it back to me with a free can of their butane and I've never had a problem since. I accidentally filled one of my lighters up with the old colibri butane and it wouldn't work. Bled it, put the xikar butane in, fired like a charm.

phobicsquirrel · September 2010

docbp87 · September 2010

As for the compressed air, be careful to blow sort of indirectly, or from a greater distance than you normally would, as the sparking mechanism can easily become dislodged and malfunction if hit directly.