Gridlocked
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone,
I've got a couple of keg problems that I wanted to run by you guys to see if there is a solution. This is my first kegged batch and I guess I may be learning the hard way. I was SO excited to go out and pour a glass or two of crud that had settled and then have nice, clear beer. Damn it. I was muttering to myself "I thought kegging was supposed to be SO easy... I'm going back to bottles, f*** this..."
When I went to pour a glass last, the sludge and dry hop from my secondary COMPLETELY clogged the pickup line, plastic collar, poppet valve and post. I pulled the assembly out of my 2nd (empty) keg, sanitized and swapped them out. Clogged again. I did this three-or-four times with the same result. Is there an easy way to get the rest of the crud out? I thought of taking the poppet valve out of the post, hooking up the out-line and blasting it into a pail. The first two times, the long stainless tube even got clogged.
Second problem: Apparently BOTH of my kegs leak right where the post crews onto the threads.
Are the white Nylon washers supposed to be the "o-ring" or create the seal between the post and the keg threads? Mine are pretty old. *Edit* Turns out that they are older Firestone kegs that do need the white plastic washers.
Despite my best efforts to tighten them. Can I use some Teflon tape or something on the threads to seal that? I have gone through just about all of a 5lb tank in a week and there is beer all over my refrigerator floor. *edit* the kegs leak weather I have the dispenser tube connected or not, so it's not the o-ring on top of the post.
I've got a couple of keg problems that I wanted to run by you guys to see if there is a solution. This is my first kegged batch and I guess I may be learning the hard way. I was SO excited to go out and pour a glass or two of crud that had settled and then have nice, clear beer. Damn it. I was muttering to myself "I thought kegging was supposed to be SO easy... I'm going back to bottles, f*** this..."
When I went to pour a glass last, the sludge and dry hop from my secondary COMPLETELY clogged the pickup line, plastic collar, poppet valve and post. I pulled the assembly out of my 2nd (empty) keg, sanitized and swapped them out. Clogged again. I did this three-or-four times with the same result. Is there an easy way to get the rest of the crud out? I thought of taking the poppet valve out of the post, hooking up the out-line and blasting it into a pail. The first two times, the long stainless tube even got clogged.
Second problem: Apparently BOTH of my kegs leak right where the post crews onto the threads.
Are the white Nylon washers supposed to be the "o-ring" or create the seal between the post and the keg threads? Mine are pretty old. *Edit* Turns out that they are older Firestone kegs that do need the white plastic washers.
Despite my best efforts to tighten them. Can I use some Teflon tape or something on the threads to seal that? I have gone through just about all of a 5lb tank in a week and there is beer all over my refrigerator floor. *edit* the kegs leak weather I have the dispenser tube connected or not, so it's not the o-ring on top of the post.