I wash it in the sink in the basement, the spread it out on the table. Now a week later i hooked it up to my tank to check the pressure and i purged it and some water came blowing out. Not much.
SlickNick,
If you're following the procedure detailed in your owner's manual, then by all means continue to use it. However, this is NOT the procedure I use.
Whenever you submerge an unpressurized reg, you run the risk of flooding it. If the purge button is depressed even slightly, water can enter the reg. Swishing an unpressurized reg around in a wash bucket, or a sink, carries with it the risk of having its purge button depressed, which admits water. I wouldn't wash my reg this way. I suspect this is why water is entering your reg.
The procedure I use: I wash my reg by putting it on a tank and pressurizing it. (Leave the tank valve on/open!) Then, using clean, potable, tap water flowing liberally from a hose, I flood every space, every orifice, in/on the reg, including the 1st stage holes that lead to the balancing chamber. Under flowing water, I manipulate every button/switch, including the purge button and the HP hose swivel and the 2nd stage hose swivel. Under flowing water, I rub my hands over the surface of the hoses and the first and second stages, including the mouthpiece. Flood the second stage through the mouthpiece so water comes over the exhaust valve and out of the exhaust ports/tees. Make sure you wash the dust cap, too, if it's attached to your first stage.
After doing this wash a couple of times, I turn the water off, take the tank and reg away from any bucket/sink of water, depressurize the tank, remove the reg (careful: don't let water drip inside the high-pressure inlet!), dry the dust cap, put the dust cap on the reg, lay the req out to dry. That's it!
My first regs were purchase in 1987. I still dive with these regs (Scubapros). They've never missed a beat. I've always followed this cleaning procedure.
Safe Diving,
rx7diver
