And yes, I do have a washer between the regulator and the tank. It is the MoreBeer Keg Kit (http://morebeer.com/products/basic-homebrew-draft-system-ball-lock.html) bought new 2 days ago and opened this morning.
I followed the instructions including placing the plastic yellow disc (3/4" with a 1/4" hole) in the hex nut between the two connection points. Connect with a wrench and tightened to snug. Closed off the valve to the keg, and opened the top of the tank and WHOOOSHHH not like a slow leak but an absolute gross leak coming out from behind the hex nut. Tightened a tad more, re-openend valave, still HUGE gross leak. Disconnected, checked the plastic disk, all looks good, reconnected, blast of CO2 out the back of the nut. Retightened hex nut more, tried again, still leaking. Retried everything about 10 more times, absolutely would not hold the gas in the regulator.
Below are pics of the setup. One question I have is the small "rise" that the screw nut that holds the filter when tightened all the way down on the regulator side has grooves that allow you to tighten in addition it does not sit flush with the flat side of the regulator that gets pushed up to the tank. Pictures will help show what I mean.
Any help is appreciated. Unfortunately the nearest MoreBeer is about 1 hour drive away so I am not thrilled about having to drive back. I plan on running down to Lowe's and buying some teflon washers to see if I just need a new washer between the two connection points but I suspect that the filter screw housing not sitting flush with the CO2 side female end is not ever going to seal given that it is a pretty big gap from flush.
Tank Side Shot:
Regulator Side:
The regulator side "lip" showing that the filter screwin housing does not sit flush:
The plastic washer (3/4" with 1/4" hole):
I followed the instructions including placing the plastic yellow disc (3/4" with a 1/4" hole) in the hex nut between the two connection points. Connect with a wrench and tightened to snug. Closed off the valve to the keg, and opened the top of the tank and WHOOOSHHH not like a slow leak but an absolute gross leak coming out from behind the hex nut. Tightened a tad more, re-openend valave, still HUGE gross leak. Disconnected, checked the plastic disk, all looks good, reconnected, blast of CO2 out the back of the nut. Retightened hex nut more, tried again, still leaking. Retried everything about 10 more times, absolutely would not hold the gas in the regulator.
Below are pics of the setup. One question I have is the small "rise" that the screw nut that holds the filter when tightened all the way down on the regulator side has grooves that allow you to tighten in addition it does not sit flush with the flat side of the regulator that gets pushed up to the tank. Pictures will help show what I mean.
Any help is appreciated. Unfortunately the nearest MoreBeer is about 1 hour drive away so I am not thrilled about having to drive back. I plan on running down to Lowe's and buying some teflon washers to see if I just need a new washer between the two connection points but I suspect that the filter screw housing not sitting flush with the CO2 side female end is not ever going to seal given that it is a pretty big gap from flush.
Tank Side Shot:
Regulator Side:
The regulator side "lip" showing that the filter screwin housing does not sit flush:
The plastic washer (3/4" with 1/4" hole):