Pee valve leak

[Crazy_Canuck]

i have been diving my new drysuit for the last year but have never hooked up the pee valve. Last dive I ended up with 2” of water in my feet and water in the pee valve tube but I know the valve was closed. How did it come into the suit?
Thankx

 

[rsingler]

Three things I can think of:
1) The valve wasn't closed, though you closed it - but that shouldn't have mattered unless your condom or tube connection was leaking;
2) The valve wasn't closed, and your anti-reflux valve is leaking;
3) the valve to suit glue line is separated somewhere.

#3 seems unlikely if the water was in the pee tube. So for whatever reason, your valve isn't closing AND it seems you have a connection leak or reflux leak.

Hard to test out of the water. Maybe stand in a shallow pool with the valve submerged but zipper open so you can look inside. Still tough.

Anyone else have ideas?

 

[Jcp2]

#4. Pee

 

[broncobowsher]

What kind of pee valve do you have?
#5, you forgot the O-ring on the bolt.

 

[Crazy_Canuck]

Light monkey balanced tinkle valve. About 40 dives with no issues.

 

[rddvet]

Light monkey balanced tinkle valve. About 40 dives with no issues.

Since it’s balanced I suspect the duckbill valve is bad.

 

[Crazy_Canuck]

Could I have had too much squeeze and the duckbill inverted?

 

[rsingler]

Can't put it on backwards. It only fits one way. But the duckbill is susceptible to being held open by debris. If you never hooked it up before, there might be liner "fluff" or other stuff that got stuck. First time the tube vented out the valve into the water to equalize, something might have gotten stuck.
Most valves are able to be disassembled to replace that duckbill. Take a look and see if the ends are flat together.

Inversion is really unlikely. Again, take a peek.