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Hello all. Looking for advice on a keg leaking gas. This keg has had beer in it before, 3 times I think, and I’ve not had this problem. Filled it with my latest brew and set up the Co2 to carb. I was in a hurry and didn’t check right away for leaks. The next day, I tried to pour some soda water I keep in another keg, and the pressure was really low. I was fairly certain what had happened immediately. Opened my kegerator door and, yes, my tank was empty. So, I go get it filled. Come back, hook it up, and this time I do a quick check for leaks. I don’t notice any, so I let it be. Next day, same thing... empty tank. Another $15 to get it filled again, and I hook up. THIS TIME, I get some StarSan in a bottle and spray around. Lots of bubbles from the keg lid. I release the pressure, open and re-set the lid, gas up and it’s still leaking. StarSan bubbles like crazy. I applied more keg lube on the o-ring, tried to maneuver the lid different ways, but no matter what it’s still leaking. So I have a beer sitting in the kegerator, no gas because I can’t keep it from leaking. Any advice on what to do about the lid? I’ve never had this happen before. I first started kegging earlier this year but have already kegged 7 beers, ...3 in that particular keg, 4 in another. Probably over 20 kegs of water (homemade seltzer water) in a third keg. Haven’t had this happen once.