Cornelius Keg Problem

[Chris W]

I think I already know the answer...BUT, I'll ask nonetheless.

I have a cornelius keg that sprung a pin-hole leak at the bottom, just off center. Is there anyway to seal this or is it trash at this point?

 

[kristiismean]

how does one get a hole in the bottom?

I would think it could be welded.

 

[myndflyte]

Any chance we could see a picture of this?

 

[Chris W]

I can't realy see any imperfection when I look into keg. However, under pressure, I see the leak through the rubber base on the keg.

I will clean out the keg and look again when I get home.

 

[Chris W]

Like I said, can’t really see any defects. Again, it’s a pinhole, not a big hole.

 

[day_trippr]

You'd have to find the hole to fix it, then hope there aren't others. And fixing it from the inside would be a huge challenge.
But it's pretty much useless as is, so it could be worth trying to find the leak from the outside.

Put the keg back together, put some gas pressure on it, flip it over and use some leak detector fluid to find where the gas is escaping from under the rubber, then start carving the rubber away to follow the trail, which hopefully is straight to the leak.

If you can find the leak, you can silver solder it from the outside rather easily...

Cheers!