Help, my Corny posts are leaking!

[IrregularPulse]

Look at the manufacturer on the keg that leaks vs the one that doesn't. I'm assuming you bought new posts to match the manufacturer of the keg you were buying for. Maybe there's enough of a difference and the disconnect just don't like those posts. Are the posts from the keg that doesn't leak swappable to the one that does. You at least know those are good posts.

 

[EKennett]

They are both Cornelius Super Champions. I did buy new posts to match this keg style.

I am going to try a new QD and that is the last thing I can think of.

 

[NewBrewB]

No new posts since 12Feb?? I'm on the edge of my couch, here.

I ordered a keg from morebeer.com and it has a slow leak. The main opening appeared dented so I contacted the company and they shipped a replacement which works fine. Since I'm overseas, they said not to worry about mailing the dented one back. Now, I'm trying to get it functional. I was searching the site for leaking cornies and ran accross this post, now I am curious if you ever fixed the "evil" keg.

 

[Bobby_M]

I figured it out. It wasn't leaking. That was the keg crying due to the proximity of the silver bullet cans.

 

[EKennett]

Haha Bobby, you might be right. Believe it or not, people who come to my house STILL want to drink that slosh over craft beer, that's why I have it.

Anyway, I got a new QD from Williams and that solved the problem. I just can't see why both of the QDs I already had failed, but at least I am enjoying my brew now.

 

[skydog4884]

this is the same problem that I am having. I bought a new keg from ebay. which might be my first and foremost biggest problem but i started cleaning and sanitising it before i put my beer in luckily and it started flowing very fast after i connected the out (beer) QD. It held the co2 perfect and nothing wrong until i put on the the qd from out. I then took the qd to another keg and no leak what so ever. I would say it flowed out about a cup of hot water in about 1 minute or less. I dont think its the qd because it works fine with my other kegs. is it just this qd with this style post or what?

 

[skydog4884]

i figured it out. i feel kinda stupid but as long as i learn from my stupidity and maybe others can too. I was using the wrong o ring. i was using the o ring for the dip tube instead of the post

 

[NewBrewB]

Bro, especially on this site, no matter how basic the procedure, hardware, concept, terminology, etc, may be, there are still quite a few of us who are trying to learn. The more we can build off of each others' mistakes, the less steep the learning curve will feel.

I bought reconditioned kegs with new o-rings so I probably wouldn't have realized they were different, either, whenever I get around to swapping them out.

 

[IrregularPulse]

i figured it out. i feel kinda stupid but as long as i learn from my stupidity and maybe others can too. I was using the wrong o ring. i was using the o ring for the dip tube instead of the post

Hey man, most of us are just happy to see fellow brewer get his keg under control. We're not hear to point fingers and laugh hysterically at such simple mistake Now where is that pointing finger, laughing hysterically at you smiley icon.......

 

[EKennett]

Lol, I would laugh at me too

I just hope somebody else can learn from my ways. I pulled a bunch of hair out on this one and it was such a simple fix. Try a new QD... I just hope those "bad" QD's work on future batches of kegged homebrew!

 

[eer]

An old thread, but I believe I found the solution for the QD "evil corny" leak.
I struggled with a new keg which leaked from the QD, as described earlier in this thread. I changed the o-ring and lubed to the best of my ability, but the leak was still there. Then I tried to connect the gas to a keg which previously had not leaked, but now that keg was leaking as well, so my thought was that the QD was broken. But because the leak was not constant, and changed as I wiggled the QD, I tried ways of attaching the QD, yes, there are different ways of connecting the QD. It is a bit difficult to explain exactly the way to do it, but you want the QD to snap into place after you have pulled back the locking mechanism and lowered the QD onto the post just a bit. Do not press the QD all the way down before releasing the lock mechanism. And do not wiggle it. As far as I can tell, you want to do as little as possible, let the QD settle onto the o-ring by itself.

Hope this helps. It worked for me.

 

[day_trippr]

If your QDs are that sensitive to position on the posts, perhaps you have under-sized O-rings. My ball lock QDs don't have much wiggle to them at all - they're actually quite stiff on the posts. And I don't pay much attention to latching on a QD - between my keezer and my carbing/cold holding fridge I've put them on in all kinds of contorted angles, never an issue. Between that and religious use of keg lube I haven't had a QD leak...ever, come to think of it.

btw, if you had been referring to pin locks, they definitely require a thicker post O-ring than ball locks. There are plenty of threads of wiggly pin lock QDs leaking gas due to refitting the keg with ball lock O-rings...

Cheers!

 

[eer]

Hi.

I also think that a bigger o-ring would be the logical fix unless the QD has a scratch or something. I tried with a new o-ring and lube, saw no change. I have no idea where to get bigger o-rings, but I'll try to find some. I live in Norway, so it would probably be a bit pricy to get them shipped from overseas, but if you have a source please share.

There is not much wiggle room at all when I snap on the QD. But the leak seems to appear when I push the QD further down than where it sits when snapped on. It can be forced further down but bounces back up and seems to be slightly mis-seated.

I have two completly new ball lock cornys from different shops. I am tempted to buy a new gas QD, but due what's been said in earlier posts in this thread I doubt it will solve the problem.

Also, there are two different QDs, with and without threads, I have the one without threads.

Cheers

E