briandickens
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I was cleaning out my keg last night. I haven't used it in a few years (took a break to move and get married) but now I have a beer ready to go in. So I filled it with PBW solution and let it sit. Before going to sleep I put some pressure on it to see if the gaskets would hold. Just pretty much hit it with about 20psi so the haskets would close and shook it around. The led held, but I got some leakage around the out tube. Just a very little bit of solution coming out. Can I fix this? I seem to remember this happening when I used it a few years ago, but my fix at the time was to just hook it up to the faucet and assume nothing would go wrong. But ideally, it wouldn't leak at all.
So, what steps should I take? Is it enough to just replace the gaskets? Should I replace the poppet also? Will keg lube work? Can I buy the tool I need to remove the valves at home depot or do they need to be special ordered?
I have another keg. I am going to check it tonight to see if it holds.
The other thing that concerned me was that this morning the keg was no longer under pressure. I just assumed that was from the CO2 going into solution. When I picked these kegs up from my old roommate's house where they'd been sitting untouched for the past two years, this keg was still holding pressure, so I'm not that worried about it. But the leaky out tube is bothersome.
Thanks in advance.
So, what steps should I take? Is it enough to just replace the gaskets? Should I replace the poppet also? Will keg lube work? Can I buy the tool I need to remove the valves at home depot or do they need to be special ordered?
I have another keg. I am going to check it tonight to see if it holds.
The other thing that concerned me was that this morning the keg was no longer under pressure. I just assumed that was from the CO2 going into solution. When I picked these kegs up from my old roommate's house where they'd been sitting untouched for the past two years, this keg was still holding pressure, so I'm not that worried about it. But the leaky out tube is bothersome.
Thanks in advance.