<p>It looks like you got too tight nozzle, too cold hotend or extruding speed is too high (all could be in the same time of course).
As filament goes into the teflon tube (coldend) and then into hotend it doesn't have enough time to go out throught the nozzle. So it causes that melted filament accumulates in hotend and pushes out teflon tube.</p>

<p>Check application and arduino settings for </p>

<ul>
<li>nozzle diameter (increase it), check if it's not plugged with something inside</li>
<li>hotend temperature (increase it), check for your filament settings</li>
<li>extrude ratio (decrease it), check also gearing on extruder motor</li>
</ul>

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2016-03-31T07:46:10.853Z
I know its not plugged by using guitar wire to clean it out. Also the temp is fine at 190c for PLA I also raised it to 200c to check this Ill look at settings here to see if thats the issue.
Dakota Miller
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2016-03-31T07:54:00.620Z
Maybe your thermistor doesn't respond properly. I mean maybe you set 200C but you get 160C or so ;) Definitely clicking sound tells that extruder cannot push filament and skips knurls
darth pixel
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2016-03-31T17:56:18.643Z
Yup so i took the extruder apart to clean it all out. I found that the filament was heating/melting and pushing the teflon up.
Dakota Miller
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2016-03-31T18:06:00.190Z
then it looks like my diagnosis was correct :)
darth pixel
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2016-03-31T23:45:47.560Z
Sorry just got off work im going to plug it in tonight to see if the problem is fixed. I also turned the max flowrate down from 2 to 1. To see if thats the problem. Then tomorrow i found someone who has a infrared temp gun to see if temperature needs calibrated
Dakota Miller
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2016-04-01T02:29:44.123Z
Thank you so much for your help! Finally my first print came out!
Dakota Miller
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2016-04-01T04:35:20.273Z
good to hear! I'm happy with you :)
darth pixel
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I have also dealt with this issue. The teflon can be pushed up if your extrusion is too much as well. It builds up molten filament after a couple layers and you can hear the clicking because the teflon is getting ground up on a MK8 extruder due to it pushing up into the hobbed bolt especially during a retraction. Cleaning the teflon out with a guitar string is a bit dicey as any scratching inside there can make the problem worse later. Best solution is to completely replace the tubing to be sure.
Steve-O-Rama
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darth pixel
<p>I have a HE3D prusa XI3 printer with an MK8 extruder. While printing or testing, the extruder makes a clicking noise as if the filament isnt getting hot enough to extrude. I began my investigation and read about many reasons why this could be happening. Eliminating most of them, I finally took off the fan on the extruder and looked at it while it was trying to extrude. I noticed the teflon tubing and tried to push it back into the throat. Then the extruder worked fine. I put everything back together and began testing again. The clicking came back,  - I then took the fan and heatsink back off and there it was again. Pushing back down and this time extruding some material and noticing the tubing slowly coming up. Is there anyway to fix this without upgrading to a better hot end?</p>

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Teflon tubing in nozzle throat coming out?
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# Teflon tubing in nozzle throat coming out?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-31)

I have a HE3D prusa XI3 printer with an MK8 extruder. While printing or testing, the extruder makes a clicking noise as if the filament isnt getting hot enough to extrude. I began my investigation and read about many reasons why this could be happening. Eliminating most of them, I finally took off the fan on the extruder and looked at it while it was trying to extrude. I noticed the teflon tubing and tried to push it back into the throat. Then the extruder worked fine. I put everything back together and began testing again. The clicking came back, - I then took the fan and heatsink back off and there it was again. Pushing back down and this time extruding some material and noticing the tubing slowly coming up. Is there anyway to fix this without upgrading to a better hot end?

**Tags:** extruder, prusa-i3, hotend, nozzle

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-31. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

It looks like you got too tight nozzle, too cold hotend or extruding speed is too high (all could be in the same time of course).
As filament goes into the teflon tube (coldend) and then into hotend it doesn't have enough time to go out throught the nozzle. So it causes that melted filament accumulates in hotend and pushes out teflon tube.

Check application and arduino settings for

* nozzle diameter (increase it), check if it's not plugged with something inside
* hotend temperature (increase it), check for your filament settings
* extrude ratio (decrease it), check also gearing on extruder motor

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I know its not plugged by using guitar wire to clean it out. Also the temp is fine at 190c for PLA I also raised it to 200c to check this Ill look at settings here to see if thats the issue.  
> **username_1**: Maybe your thermistor doesn't respond properly. I mean maybe you set 200C but you get 160C or so ;) Definitely clicking sound tells that extruder cannot push filament and skips knurls  
> **username_0**: Yup so i took the extruder apart to clean it all out. I found that the filament was heating/melting and pushing the teflon up.  
> **username_1**: then it looks like my diagnosis was correct :)  
> **username_0**: Sorry just got off work im going to plug it in tonight to see if the problem is fixed. I also turned the max flowrate down from 2 to 1. To see if thats the problem. Then tomorrow i found someone who has a infrared temp gun to see if temperature needs calibrated  
> **username_0**: Thank you so much for your help! Finally my first print came out!  
> **username_1**: good to hear! I'm happy with you :)  
> **username_2**: I have also dealt with this issue. The teflon can be pushed up if your extrusion is too much as well. It builds up molten filament after a couple layers and you can hear the clicking because the teflon is getting ground up on a MK8 extruder due to it pushing up into the hobbed bolt especially during a retraction. Cleaning the teflon out with a guitar string is a bit dicey as any scratching inside there can make the problem worse later. Best solution is to completely replace the tubing to be sure.  

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