Small Bubbles coming from octopus and inflator/deflator

[mjcoyne]

So I was on my second dive of the day this weekend around 20 feet down and I noticed that there were small bubbles coming out of my octopus (XS Scuba AltAir) and I let my buddy know and we continued our dive while paying attention to this. Later in the dive I was trying to pull a lobster out of its little home and my buddy noticed that there were also small bubbles coming out of the inflator/deflator connection, again we continued the dive and just paid a lot of attention to this. I could not really notice my air dropping because of these bubbles but it does kind of concern me.

The reg is an Mares MR12 Abyss that I got from ScubaToys about one month ago and I am wondering if it is defected or something like that. Any input is really appreciated since I really want to figure out if I need to get this serviced ASAP.

[fisheater]

Call ScubaToys.

[mjcoyne]

Looks like I will be shipping back to ST next Monday for a repair, Thanks Joe!

[Codyjp]

There is normally an inner hose and an outer cover over it that is perforated. When you get a leak in the inner hose it shows up as small bubbles that leak out of the hose. It looks pretty but usually ends in hose replacement.

[ScubaToys Larry]

Make sure you send back everything that might cause it... We once had someone say their octo was leaking small bubbles, and they sent us just the octo... no 1st stage, no hose... etc. You really need the whole system to figure these things out.

It would be like saying to the car dealer, my steering wheel makes a weird vibration at 40 miles per hour when I turn left... so here's the steering wheel...

[trekkindave]

I had the same thing happen on my HP house the first time i dove it in my pool (which was actually the first time i used it).. after like 5-10 minutes it stopped completely.. I just assumed that it was the the house getting adjusted to the water after being out for so long (the guy i got it from said he hadnt dove it in 6-7 months).

I monitored the SPG and ther wasnt any signifigatnt change... just to be safe though, my LDS is looking at it.

[mjgreen]

Originally Posted by mjcoyne

So I was on my second dive of the day this weekend around 20 feet down and I noticed that there were small bubbles coming out of my octopus (XS Scuba AltAir) and I let my buddy know and we continued our dive while paying attention to this. Later in the dive I was trying to pull a lobster out of its little home and my buddy noticed that there were also small bubbles coming out of the inflator/deflator connection, again we continued the dive and just paid a lot of attention to this. I could not really notice my air dropping because of these bubbles but it does kind of concern me.

The reg is an Mares MR12 Abyss that I got from ScubaToys about one month ago and I am wondering if it is defected or something like that. Any input is really appreciated since I really want to figure out if I need to get this serviced ASAP.

This could be a dodgy oring in the second stage/second stage connector, however if its coming from more than one place it's probably that the IP is too high (or creeping) - you could check & adjust the IP, but the cause of the problem needs to be identified in the first stage - normally I'd say get it serviced, but since it's only a month old contact scubatoys who should repair or replace it for you, since it's still well in warranty