sharpenu
Contributor
I brought my regulator in for service three weeks ago and it cost me $110. It is a ten year old Mares MR22 Abyss and I have done 4 dives since service. The dives were all between 80 and 100 feet. There were no problems, until my octopus died on the last dive. I bought a used Scubapro R095 from my LDS. When I got it home and put it on my reg, it would free flow every time the purge button was pushed, or if you inhaled from it, and would not stop flowing wide open until you blocked the mouthpiece. I brought it in so the LDS could look at it.
IP was measured at 145 psi. The tech replaced the seats. It still did it. Then he noticed that the diaphragm has two holes in it. He didn't have one, and offered to upgrade to a new Octo for free, since they had sold me the broken one. That one free flowed as well. Then they noticed that my primary wasn't delivering much flow. It was close to closing time, so they told me to call back this morning.
I called this morning, and they are telling me that the free flow was caused because the R095 needs an IP of 135, and that 145 is high enough to cause free flow. Is this true? Or should I be looking at another cause?
IP was measured at 145 psi. The tech replaced the seats. It still did it. Then he noticed that the diaphragm has two holes in it. He didn't have one, and offered to upgrade to a new Octo for free, since they had sold me the broken one. That one free flowed as well. Then they noticed that my primary wasn't delivering much flow. It was close to closing time, so they told me to call back this morning.
I called this morning, and they are telling me that the free flow was caused because the R095 needs an IP of 135, and that 145 is high enough to cause free flow. Is this true? Or should I be looking at another cause?