Young's Auto Syphon (23l)

[Bounce]

Quick question. I was cleaning the auto syphon last night after filling a bottling bucket when a small back circular bit with 2 prongs fell out of the end of the syphon. I then broke one of the legs trying to get it back in :shock:

Is this piece vital or will the syphon be OK without this bit?

Thanks

 

[Speccy]

Sounds horribly like it might be the clever bit: the valve that stops the beer squirting back into the FV when you "plunge". My guess is it's terminal, but there's only one way to find out...

 

[Bounce]

That's what I was thinking There must be some kind of value to give some pressure to start it off and I guess that's the valve. I've got a FV full of Oxy that I need to move to the bottling bucket tonight to I'll try it. I think I'll need to get a new one before the next bottling session though

 

[Bounce]

Just so you know, , it's broken so replacement required. Be careful cleaning these.

 

[Speccy]

Sorry for your loss.