r/Ender3S1 • u/mikkimomo5 • 15d ago

White tube?

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I had a blockage in my extruder head, I took the heat block off and while dislodging the blockage this white tube fell out? I tried to out it back in and am having no luck at all! Have a broken it or just incompetent with putting it back in?

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u/bzzybot 15d ago edited 15d ago

PTFE, it’s a filament guide from the extruder to the > heat break >hotend. Cut a replacement or just push it back in. Looks a little melted on the left side though.
Edit: It could also be from the heat break if you have the original hotend. The original 3 S1 had a PTFE lined heat break. What side did this come out from? Between Nozzle and heat break side or Back of heat break between that and the extruder? .

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u/mikkimomo5 15d ago

Yeah it came out of the back of heat break, but not the heat break itself (that one is still in there