Corny keg won’t seal....

[HarryFlatters]

The issue I think, is that keg was sold not being fir for purpose and seller will not accept it. I've bough 2 kegs recently, 1 reconditioned - after seeing how wear out it is, I have bought a brand new one (for mere £20 more).
Is it the usual risk with the cornies?

I've got four, all second hand, three were reconditioned and one not. The one that wasn't reconditioned stank of Fanta, but was fine after a good wash with Oxy and then changing the seals.

I've not had any problems with leaks, apart from when I changed the PRVs for cheap steel ones, which was case in point to never buy cheap PRVs.

 

[Dellboy78lfc]

Well, as an update, the new extra thick seal and the keg lube did the job and I finally stopped it leaking. I have emailed the homebrew company again to tell them I’ve had to spend £15 to get my fully reconditioned keg to seal properly but I’ve had no response. I certainly won’t be buying anything else from them and would encourage anyone else to give them a miss. Their customer service is shocking.

Anyway thanks for the help in sorting this out.

 

[The Baron]

Glad you have got it sorted Del did you get some spares for future kegs?. I will be honest I have probably had 9 kegs from them and only had to use a thicker seal on one, maybe as the cornies are getting harder to source the quality is not as good as when I bought mine it was quite a few years ago and there was hardly any dents in mine I have seen some with some largish dents. Anyway happy kegging

 

[Dellboy78lfc]

Glad you have got it sorted Del did you get some spares for future kegs?. I will be honest I have probably had 9 kegs from them and only had to use a thicker seal on one, maybe as the cornies are getting harder to source the quality is not as good as when I bought mine it was quite a few years ago and there was hardly any dents in mine I have seen some with some largish dents. Anyway happy kegging

Yep, got a few spares now so hopefully no more problems! It was more their failure to even acknowledge or try to help me that has annoyed me. They could have sent me a thicker seal out themselves for pennies probably and would have had a happy customer! Oh well, it’s done now.

 

[The Baron]

Yep Carry on Brewing or is that a film