Kegging Problems HELP!!!

There's a little plunger pin thing, a spring, and an o-ring in the black liquid QD (see image below...it's for the gas side, but the QD is the same I believe). Were those three pieces in there? I think the little pin has a right side up (off the top of my head, shorter end of the pin facing up, longer facing down). Did that all check out? Not sure what else to check, the QD is a pretty simple piece of equipment...never had an issue with them, but it seems like if maybe the o-ring is missing or the pin is flipped the wrong way, it might cause a problem.

 

As soon as i turned on the co2, water started coming out the top of the black plastic disconnect.

If you have liquid coming out of the top of the Black QD, then you have a failure of the pin/spring/o-ring as shown above. Not sure if it is better to repair or replace, but either way should be inexpensive.

At least you did your troubleshooting before you added the beer.

 

All info above is accurate. As a side note I'd like to recommend filling a squirt bottle full of starsan solution and using that instead of filling a keg with stars an solution. Start with a clean keg. Spray orings and connections as you assemble. Spray the walls let it drip and collect at the bottom. It should be about 1/4 cup. Lid it and flip and shake to coat the inside. Dump it out and spray into the lines, pour it out then connect. You will use a FRACTION of starsan. I use the same basic procedure for my fermenter. The mixture can be kept in the spray bottle until you use it up and have to make more.

Just a recommendation. No doubt others have an even more starsan saving way, but this works for me.

 

A photo might help; it's hard to diagnose without visuals.

The advice above is good, it's just hard to consider all possibilities with limited knowledge of the situation.

Teflon tape on threads is often helpful but hard to say without visuals.

 

None of the threads on a keg are designed to seal. Thus, teflon tape will do nothing to fix this.

 

Agreed they are not designed to seal; that doesn't mean they can't.

 

...and you can drive a wood screw with a hammer . But I'd strongly advise that you delay the project until after you've replaced the lost/broken screwdriver.

Seriously, though, we're all just guessing here. It sounds like the connector is at fault (which is still a guess). If you're reasonably handy, it's a simple matter to open it up and troubleshoot it. Even simpler, just replace it.

 

But they probably won't, at least not reliably. Teflon tape works to seal pipe fittings because of the tapered nature of the threaded connectors.

To the OP: If liquid is coming out the top of the connector, it seems as if it must be due to 1 of 2 things: (1) missing or damaged o-ring (at the top of the diagram JebediahScooter post), or (2) cracked disconnect or plug (also at top of diagram). Disconnects are cheap; buy another.