Autosiphon won't suck?

[kristofaaah]

So, I recently bought an autosiphon and about 30 minutes ago I racked a mead from a 1gal carboy into another 1 gal carboy. Worked like a dream. After letting the sediment settle, I wanted to rack it again, and I found a peice missing, or rather removed from the autosiphon. I tried to use it again, and it wont bring up any liquid. There are some pictures below.

I beleive the "circle topped two prong" peice is supposed to sit on the inside of the tube, yes? If not, I'm confused on how this peice even got loose, and how I can fix this issue. Any help woule be wonderful! Thanks everyone.

 

[Redtab78]

I have never seen that style before, but I have experianced quite a bit of my autosiphon not working correctly. My issues where always with the smaller tube not sealing properly, especially after sitting for a while, and then trying to auto siphon some starsan to sanitize it. So I gave up on the auto siphon all together. HOWEVER in a pinch, you can just use the tube to siphon from one jug to another by simply placing the full jug higher up than the unfilled jug, place the tube into each jug, and blow into the full jug....the pressure from blowing in (OR PERFERABLLY IF YOU CAN use a CO2 line vice blowing) will push the liquid in through the tube and start the siphon process. Once it is started, it will roll on its own.

 

[bob1852]

I beleive the "circle topped two prong" peice is supposed to sit on the inside of the tube, yes? If not, I'm confused on how this peice even got loose, and how I can fix this issue. Any help woule be wonderful! Thanks everyone.

It is supposed to attach on the inside of the tube. Sometimes they'll dislodge during cleaning.

I've never been successful getting it seated correctly, though you could try taping it to a dowel and jamming it back in there, and hoping you can get the tape/do well off without it dislodging again.

When it happened to me, I just bought a new one.

 

[kristofaaah]

It is supposed to attach on the inside of the tube. Sometimes they'll dislodge during cleaning.

I've never been successful getting it seated correctly, though you could try taping it to a dowel and jamming it back in there, and hoping you can get the tape/do well off without it dislodging again.

When it happened to me, I just bought a new one.

honetsly, I just got paid, so I'm gonna see if someone wants this for a fix-it projects and cough up the 15 bucks. Booooo.

 

[BBBF]

you could try taping it to a dowel and jamming it back in there, and hoping you can get the tape/do well off without it dislodging again.

That's the way to fix it. In a pinch, you can sanitize a dime and drop it into the tube and it will work without the little, tab piece.

 

[angry_gopher]

So, I recently bought an autosiphon and about 30 minutes ago I racked a mead from a 1gal carboy into another 1 gal carboy. Worked like a dream. After letting the sediment settle, I wanted to rack it again, and I found a peice missing, or rather removed from the autosiphon. I tried to use it again, and it wont bring up any liquid. There are some pictures below.

I beleive the "circle topped two prong" peice is supposed to sit on the inside of the tube, yes? If not, I'm confused on how this peice even got loose, and how I can fix this issue. Any help woule be wonderful! Thanks everyone.

I plugged mine solid as a rock this morning racking from the BK to the primary. Time to add a valve to my brew kettle!