willjenn
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I am getting small bubbles when I inhale into the reg. I do not get any water in the regulator and breaths fine but the reg leaks. any help would great, only a few dives on it.
Titan LX leaks air when inhaling
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Sounds to me like you are getting some overpressure on the exhaust valve. Could that be where the bubbles are coming from? You might be able to affect it with the venturi adjustment switch.
Sounds like a bad o-ring.
Test it with the reg either disconnected with the dust cap tightly inplace or on a tank with the valve off and all of the air purcged from the system. You should be able to inhale very hard and NOT get any air at all. If you hear air leaking back into the second stage, you have a leak in one of the o-rings that seal the case and/or knobs etc entering it.
If that is the case it needs to go see a tech.
Test it with the reg either disconnected with the dust cap tightly inplace or on a tank with the valve off and all of the air purcged from the system. You should be able to inhale very hard and NOT get any air at all. If you hear air leaking back into the second stage, you have a leak in one of the o-rings that seal the case and/or knobs etc entering it.
If that is the case it needs to go see a tech.
Ditto, go to Harbor Freight and buy a box of O rings and fix it yourself. It proably has a pinched O ring. This stuff is not rocket science and even if it were---. N
Well maybe...but buying a box of o-rings and then hoping to find one that fits is less than ideal. Plus you need a lubricant, preferably christolube, but silicone grease will work.
By the time you are done, it may not be much cheaper than going to the dive shop... particularly given that $50 for the repair would be way too much. $10.00 is more likely and $25.00 would cover the labor for an entire second stage annual service and rebuild. The o-ring is under a $1.00.
By the time you are done, it may not be much cheaper than going to the dive shop... particularly given that $50 for the repair would be way too much. $10.00 is more likely and $25.00 would cover the labor for an entire second stage annual service and rebuild. The o-ring is under a $1.00.
"Well maybe"--well yes--whatever--I know what I would do and when done it would not leak anymore. N
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