Hiya,
you can prolong the life of atties by cleaning, sometimes they work, sometimes they dont

I take it you are using normal titan/tornado atties? not tanks?
I apologise as when i first read your post, I automatically assumed you were using tank atties.
Theres an awful lot of reading to do on this forum, and sometimes it easier to skip a few posts, lol
its normally the important ones that I skip though!
You only have to ask if theres anything you need to know, someone will eventually answer, or
link you to a previous post