Does this reg need service?

[herman]

Buy yourself an IP gauge ($20-25) and do the checks found here. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/regulators/260452-regulator-checklist-inspection-2.html Drop down to the bottom of the page for the latest revision.
If it passes, go diving, if not have it serviced. While time and the enviroment do take it's tole on reg parts the damage takes many years, not a few months. Regs are a whole lot more rugged than most give them credit for.

 

[tomboyy]

Or it could be perfectly fine without service and a simple service error could render it defective. Are you feeling lucky? Well, are you?

I don't remember who was.. but someone else on this board goes on about the same crap about service error. have a bad experiance awap?

OP.. the money your going to spend to dive is certainly worth a service. That being said check with your LD your service might be required to keep getting "free parts" from your OEM.

 

[redacted]

I don't remember who was.. but someone else on this board goes on about the same crap about service error. have a bad experiance awap?
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I might have understood one bad experience. I had 4 bad experiences out of 5 attempted services with 3 different shops. But I have had no problems in the last 10 year doing it myself when the regulator gives me an indication it needs service.

 

[spectrum]

The frequency with which regulator repairs need to go back for a touch-up or further work is very significant. You can find plenty of history from plenty of posters. All I need to do is watch local buddies. The post repair glitch is more common than the spontaneous failure rate.

Any suggestion to save a vacation by getting a working regulator serviced needs to be qualified by a local dive or 2 post repair to prove it to be trip worthy.

To the OP...
Take a look at the checklist Herman suggested. You can also ask your local shop if they offer a regulator test or check-up option. The amount of air your regulator has processed is a drop in the bucket. You need to make sure contamination or poor storage conditions have not caused problems.

Pete

 

[tomboyy]

The frequency with which regulator repairs need to go back for a touch-up or further work is very significant. You can find plenty of history from plenty of posters. All I need to do is watch local buddies. The post repair glitch is more common than the spontaneous failure rate.

Any suggestion to save a vacation by getting a working regulator serviced needs to be qualified by a local dive or 2 post repair to prove it to be trip worthy.

To the OP...
Take a look at the checklist Herman suggested. You can also ask your local shop if they offer a regulator test or check-up option. The amount of air your regulator has processed is a drop in the bucket. You need to make sure contamination or poor storage conditions have not caused problems.

Pete

Ive had more than 2 redone..no problems... great shop. i agree thou.. a post fix dive is in order to make sure you vacation goes smooth

 

[Tortuga13]

It's not that expensive to have that reg serviced. I would just do it for piece of mind. It may just need a new diaphragm.

 

[ReefHound]

It's not that expensive to have that reg serviced. I would just do it for piece of mind. It may just need a new diaphragm.

Define "not that expensive". An annual service is going to run from $50 to $100. Depending on the reg and your LDS rates, it might take only 3 or 4 services to exceed the cost of the reg. The OP has a Cressi Sub which can be had at LP for less than $250.

 

[Slonda828]

The added cost of a service compared to what you will be spending on your trip is minimal. Why take the chance? You'll end up renting a reg set of possibly drowning in the event that yours are defective.

Stop the voodoo talk man. Drowning? So he's going to instantly drown if his regulator freeflows? All modern first stage regulators that I have ever worked on are designed to fail open. I agree that he should get his regulator serviced, but please do not promote that whole "split fins...you're gonna die!" mentality.

Should he get his regulator serviced? Yep, it's cheap insurance and I agree with Mud Diver. Have I seen regulators from the 60's that still worked fine? Yep. Is he going to drown if his reg freeflows? Not if he follows his training. Posts like yours are why people are afraid to dive without a divemaster.