My Hookah Just...isn't Working?

[ememcee]

I really have no other words to describe it. nothing changed; i'm smoking it the exact same way i always have, preparation and actually smoking it and the clean up after, and now it's just burning weird. i'm putting a huge amount of effort in for a tiny amount of smoke with almost no taste to it. i bought the same brand and flavor of shisha that i always have, same coals, etc. i feel like i'm tasting brief spurts of smoke straight from the coal, as though it never passed through the shisha at all. i checked for loose connections; there's no leak anywhere. does anyone have any idea what's going on?

[THG]

yah cheak the valve one sacond see if the hose is not leaking or the head isnt craked and clean the hook i use limon or orange juce the acids help clean the hookah as i smoke

[vendetta_revived]

Are you sure there is no leak? Because it certainly sounds like one.

[king_lunchb0x]

check your hose. then check the seal between stem and base. then check purge valve. If you didn't change anything then something either cracked broke or got a hole in it.

[Epoch]

Check the purge valve first. Probably stuck open.

[EvansLight]

Get it all put together, then with the bowl still off, put your hand over the top where the bowl would sit, and take a pull on the hose. You should not get any air coming through. If there is no leak then you will feel a pull at your hand, thats it. You would be surprised where leaks can form.