Drysuit valve stuck after a muddy Potomac job last Friday

I came up from a wreck salvage in the Potomac near Alexandria and my exhaust valve was jammed open. Mud gets into the spring mechanism if you don't rinse it right away, and I saw two guys on my crew ignore it until their suits flooded on the next dive. I spent 20 minutes with warm water and a soft brush, then hit it with silicone spray, and it moved smooth again. Do you guys flush your valves after every silt bottom, or just when they start acting up?

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henry_knight26d ago

Yeah, same here. Used to skip it, now I rinse every time after mud.

miam1126d ago

Did you ever find the mud messing up your gear before?