Weber Grill regulator problem
 

I’m wondering if others are having issues with the regulator leaking on their Weber grill. Our Weber grill up north is over 30 years old and the original regulator has never given us a single problem. The Weber grill at our Villages home is only about 9 1/2 years old and the third genuine Weber regulator has just started leaking, again. I’m wondering if leaving our grill outside year round in our southwest facing birdcage, in the intense Florida sun and heat, is causing the regulator to prematurely fail? Others experience would be appreciated. I’m getting tired of replacing the dam thing.

If sun exposed to it try turning it around? Probably they don’t make them like they use too would be my guess. My cheap makers mark set for years exposed to sun, no leaks yet? But it’s at least 15 or 20 years old. Yes, I have replaced grates, heat shields, and igniter couple time that I had scavenged from grills out on curbs. If grates was too big, I just cut them down to fit.

Call Weber they may not be aware and give you a free one? The call is free and they may have suggestions for keeping it fresher longer.

My experience is that it is not the regulator. The new LP tanks have a safety shut off in them. Try shutting off your LP tank and unscrewing your LP tank hose. Leave it off for 30 - 60 seconds. After this time the LP tank shut off will reset. Screw you hose back on. Open the LP tank valve VERY SLOWLY at least for the first full turn. I'd be surprised if you don't have gas though your regulator.
If this doesn't work, I'll give you my old Weber regulator that I replaced when it was working perfectly fine. I called Weber and they said, "you need a new regulator".

Thanks for the excellent advice. I disconnected the tank, opened up the burner valve knobs, brought the tank into the house to cool down, and went golfing with my wife. When we got home I closed the burner valve knobs, reconnected the tank, slowly opened the tank valve, then opened the burner knobs and the grill worked like a charm. The reset fixed the regulator problem and the blackened grouper on the cast iron was to die for. Thanks again : )

Weber has been excellent about replacing parts free. A set of flavor bars and regular were sent FedEx next day delivery. They don’t make them like they used to

Glad to hear this. I am a huge Weber fan, having had many and have totally refurbished more than one kettle and Q.
My last experience with Weber customer service was less than ideal. Claimed the part was unavailable (LP regulator for a Q2000), however I eventually found it on their site despite the search engine saying no and the lady on the phone saying no.

They haven't quite been the same since being sold to an Investment group in 2010 (Byron Trott), so if you can get your hands on an old kettle (preferably pre-2013 without the "taco shield" under the handle or even better a pre-2000 without the gray fiberglass handle) and it's not roached out, grab it. You won't find a better grill, overpriced green egg be d@maned.

I can't address the issue of the leaking regulator other than ours (3 years old) is working fine. I'm not surprised though as it is obvious that things built recently are built more cheaply than things built some time back. My brother has the refrigerator our parents bought when they got married (1947) and it works as well today as it ever did.

When you initially mentioned a leak it didn't occur to me that you were experiencing a low flame due to the regular safety mechanism.

I've had this happen to me several times with my grill. It seems to come and go; I'll have the problem a few times in a row and then not for several months. Perhaps it is related to the outside temperature but I haven't paid that much attention.

While you allowed the tank to cool and sit for a period of time, the reset has always worked for me right at the grill in less than a minute: close the valves, disconnect and reconnect the line, then open the valves.

Glad you got it working without the hassle and cost of replacing the regulator.

if you shut off the tank befor shutting off the burner knobs it will lock up. always shut off burners first , then the tank.

anyway way to eliminate the tank completely and go with the house gas?

just asking a probably useless question as the OP is smart enough to have made the conversion in the past.

It can be done, a friend did that up north. We don’t have gas at our Villages home so it’s not an option. To do the conversion, you obviously need to run a gas line to the grill. You also would have to get a different type of regulator since you would be using gas instead of a regulator that is designed to convert liquid propane into a gas.