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Lou... I have 2 of the same regualators and yes there is a problem with them sometimes...with the description you have given they sounds like they have been too finely tuned, this is very common .. if you hold the reg in your hand facing away from you .. place your thumb on the side opposite the purge and try to bend the whole thing .. you should hear a slight hiss and the lever takes up pressure on the Diaghpram (spellist I know) - you have to apply quite a bit of pressure.. and you should hear it .. this is a good indication that the IP lever has been set correctly...if it is restrictive then you will get the noise you described and the sound of a bagpipe when you suck it ... as for the purge you can adjust that yourself .. take off the front of the exhaust ... carefully remove the spring and in the centre you will see a tiny screw... turn it clockwise to reduce the sensitivity and vice versa... personally I have shut down my purge to the very minimum and my secondary is closed completely.. (thats the one that hangs around my neck and the one I dont want to freeflow when I make an entry into the water)- another improvement that I value very much is to actually superglue the spring to the plastic plate where it seats... DIR crap and all that... the regulator is fully prepped then for stripping out underwater.. the only real danger of you losing anything is the spring but you just solved that by permanently fixing it - personally I would refer it also to an Oceanic service dude... because if you dont feel comfortable with it dont dive it.. Hope this helps
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