Swoosh/water sound in 360 ex radiator

jonneymendoza · 14 Nov 2011 at 22:07

Hi. i just installed my first WC system and currently bleeding it. however i notice a swoosh/water sound comingf rom sinide teh radiator? is this an air lock? if so, how do i get rid of it?

twist3d0n3 · 14 Nov 2011 at 22:10

that would be air in there. you'll need to tip your case around to get the air to leave the rad, whilst not letting more air get sucked in from the res into the pump.

Cleeecooo · 14 Nov 2011 at 22:16

twist3d0n3 said:
that would be air in there. you'll need to tip your case around to get the air to leave the rad, whilst not letting more air get sucked in from the res into the pump.

bleed it first, then start tilting the case

jonneymendoza · 14 Nov 2011 at 22:51

The swoosh sound is not as loud as it was before. All i can here is just the pump making a whindy noise. not too loud but definitely audible when next to the pc.

I think the trapped air is gone. added more water into the system and tilted the case a bit and that seems to reduce teh swoosh sound dramatically.

the pump is louder then the GT 1850(running on slow speed usinga fan controller) case fans lol.

i think there is still air bubbles in the resorvoiur but i checked the pump and there is none on it.

There is a sligth air bubble in teh GPU block though but cpu block is fine.

Off to bed so i will leave it on for the night and see if it leaks

jonneymendoza · 15 Nov 2011 at 06:19

awake now after about 8/9 hours of leak testing. so far so good. no leaks. air bubbles seem to have decreased. still a bit of air bubbles there in teh res but not too much.

swosh sound is completely gone. i think i will leave it on for the whole day while im at work. worse case that i come home and it leaks all over the place but better it leak now when the computer is off then when its on right?

Water levels are good. hasnt decreased as i topped it up near max before i went to bed.