buddy inflator

[LiamS]

my buddy inflater is leaking from the inflater button, when its not being pressed (obviously i dont know if its leaking when its pressed cause my thumb covers the button) through a small hole that i've found whilst in the water, its not that much of a problem atm but i can see it getting much worse in the future,

my first thoughts are that its maybe an o-ring that has blown, if this is the case how would i go about repairing it? if not what else could it be?


also it leaks when the lp hose is dissconected from the bc, so im not sure if its leaking straght from the bladder (not as bigger a problem as a bit of glue/o-ring change will solve it me thinks) or from the cylinder itself aswell (may be a bigger problem i can't solve myself)

edit: if it helps its one of the first buddys, with push release clips and a standard mouth piece on the oral input, the orange one


cheers

liam

[TerryH]

AP Valves service kit.
Assuming an AP200, which has the blue button which is prone to wear.

Alternativly if its really old its the Black one, but I think they still do kits
for those.

Depending on age it's worth costing up a complete new unit, not a massive
ammount in it and you'll have the POM to know that it's all been tested.