breathing water, what's wrong??

[james croft]

All the above have happened to me. Diaphragms letting water in due to tears, debris, folds, etc.. If your mouthpiece is not torn (inspect by pulling on it a little and look for tears) it is the diaphragms letting water in. You could have a crack in your reg box, but unlikely. Easy fix on the diaphragms. Once I had a reg rebuilt before I started doing my own. It had no (ZERO) exhaust valve installed and I inhaled half the river when I jumped into the water. Before you turn on your valve on the tank with your reg installed try to breath. If you can get air you have a problem.

 

[spectrum]

I had this and the DM pulled apart my reg and the diaphragm looked nasty. Kind of a slimy skudge (Is that a real word???) around the edge. We wiped it off and it is as good as new. I just gross out that I was breathing off of that. Yuck. But hey, it is an easy, free fix!

How do you clean your regulator after your dive day?
http://home.gwi.net/~spectrum/scuba_love.html#Regulator

Pete