Leaky Regulator quick fix?

[Seanothon]

I finished my Divemaster in Thailand in mid January. By the end of it I had put over 100 dive on my new reg and it would usually leak until I fiddled with the venturi and resistance control. I got back in the water for the first time today for a pool session and it did its same ol' routine except I couldn't get it to stop the entire time I was in the pool. I am supposed to go on a dive this Wednesday and don't think I have time to get it worked on in the mean time. Any ideas on a quick fix or should I just borrow a reg?

 

[redacted]

Buy another regulator. Based on your dealings with your one regulator, you will probably need it again in the future.

 

[GrimSleeper]

If you don't already know any of the quick fixes that might work, asking complete strangers on the interweb to tell you ways of fiddling with your life support system seems ... hopeful, at best. Find a real person who can show you, or pay for a tech to look at it and borrow/rent a reg in the meantime.

 

[spectrum]

Probably a long overdue adjustment is needed but it's beyond the scope of a board posting.

 

[Nemrod]

If you don't already know any of the quick fixes that might work, asking complete strangers on the interweb to tell you ways of fiddling with your life support system seems ... hopeful, at best. Find a real person who can show you, or pay for a tech to look at it and borrow/rent a reg in the meantime.

People who post here are real people and most of them who answer regulator questions are far and away beyond the typical dive shop flunkie tech who was selling appliances last week.

N

 

[oldschoolto]

Chickens.........

Jim......

 

[redacted]

Well, I guess we can try. What happens when you put an IP gauge on it? What kind of reg are we dealing with?

 

[blue sky]

"IP gauge" IP?

 

[oldschoolto]

That's the spirit.... Now we can have fun......

Jim.....

 

[Abdullah]

People who post here are real people and most of them who answer regulator questions are far and away beyond the typical dive shop flunkie tech who was selling appliances last week.

N

That will be a pretty good trick with this post. We don't even know what make and model the reg is. Or whether the OP has the manual, parts, tools, or skills to effect a fix. At least the appliance guy can hold it in his hand.

Borrow another reg while you have this one serviced by a qualified tech.