Why did I get nauseated? Oil and water in my tank.

[chris kippax]

@ awap
How many contaminated tanks have you seen in your diving career?

 

[CaptainHornblower]

Thank you everyone who replied, the dive shop never called me, I had to call them. They explained that I was breathing oil and water from their compressor, and having something to do with their filter not working correctly that day. I do not own the tanks, but I do own the rest of the equipment. The shop owner stated that it is not required I get my equipment serviced because there is nothing that will stick to the metal in my equipment (since it was compressed oil and water). Is this is a true statement? What about sticking to components in my BC since the air was in there as well. So with that knowledge please tell me if I am worrying about nothing, or confirm that I should indeed have all of my gear serviced and have my BC interior cleaned.

Should point out that obviously the owner doesn't want to have to pay for this. He even said I am just looking for a free servicing, when in fact, I prefer to not get the gear serviced. I do not like unnecessary servicing. Especially when I already have a redundant system (19cf buddy), I don't like introducing unknowns.

The gas ran threw my 1st stage reg, my primary 2nd stage reg and my integrated 2nd stage reg, as well as filled my BC.

thanks again....

I dove with my regs after my dirty air incident without having them cleaned and serviced. It wasn't bad enough to make me puke, but it made me sick enough to cancel the rest of my day. When I had them serviced the tech said he found the first stage pretty well contiminated, a little bit in the hose and traces in my second stage. So the short answer is absolutely you have to get your regs cleaned.

 

[redacted]

@ awap
How many contaminated tanks have you seen in your diving career?

None for me. None for my wife. None for anyone I dove with.

 

[chris kippax]

I have also seen none for myself or my wife.
Might just be the operators we use?

 

[Wookie]

I have also seen none for myself or my wife.
Might just be the operators we use?

As I said earlier, it could happen to anyone. Awap dives with me. Or he used to before I moved, anyway.

 

[redacted]

I have also seen none for myself or my wife.
Might just be the operators we use?

And when we use them. I guess any operator can have an equipment problem that may result in his pumping contaminated gas. Most of us (ops and divers) do what we can to avoid any unpleasant surprises. I think the biggest problem is how a supplier handle it when he has a problem.

 

[openmindOW]

Name the LDS, please. It is totally unacceptable. I got bad air a long time ago.

The LDS (diving lake South of Richmond, Virginia) and i learned it takes. Lot to clean out the oil from the cylinders. Worse

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Installing a filter incorrectly or having a filter canister fail in your compressor can happen to anyone, it's the post incident care that matters. We installed an air filter wrong in the air compressor many years ago, and the divers caught it immediately. The liveaboard trip was over, I don't remember what we refunded, it was based on a pro rate, but we also cleaned every tank, I owned most of them, as well as paid the bill for servicing all regulators that were affected.

It's the least a dive operation can do when their bad air messes up your equipment.

You owed all the affected divers a free dinner - at the least

 

[Wookie]

Name the LDS, please. It is totally unacceptable. I got bad air a long time ago.

The LDS (diving lake South of Richmond, Virginia) and i learned it takes. Lot to clean out the oil from the cylinders. Worse

---------- Post added October 9th, 2014 at 08:21 AM ----------



You owed all the affected divers a free dinner - at the least

It's a liveaboard. They get free dinner anyway.