Co2 Regulator Spiked Up

[browns19-4life]

About a month into the first keg on a system I haven't used in a while. Took a few days to get the temp and CO2 right and since then everything has been great until today. Came home today and my beer was all foam. I opened up the door and the Co2 regulator had gone to 13 to at least 20.

Even after I adjusted it, it spiked back up. After a few times back and forth I got it back down consistently to around 13 but it is still all foam after several attempts to draw and the pint in pooring WAY too quick. I'm sure a have less than 1/4 of a keg left, but I can't figure out why it would have spiked up like that regardless. Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

[Dirtbag]

My experience with reg's that do that is they are on their way out.
The bad news for you is that if you can not get it to hold a pressure setting it either has to be fixed or replaced. What I mean is it's not regulating anything, and you can't limp along with what you have.

If your pour is way to quick, release some of the pressure from the keg.

[browns19-4life]

Thanks for the response. I had a feeling it was a problem with the regulator since I know there is still CO2. This is a stupid question, but what is the best way to release pressure from the keg? My tap doesn't seem to have any pressure release button.

[monkey710]

There should be a pull ring on either the regulator itself or the coupler.