XSPC D5 Dual Bay Reservoir Pump Combo - Fill Port Leak!

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Just been testing out the pump noise on this res combo and while tipping and rotating the res I noticed that the fill port was not getting a very good seal.

I had to change the O-Ring to a slightly bigger one to stop it from dripping.

Lucky I have a big box of O-Rings to hand and found one that did the job.

May be its not meant to be inverted but I now can without any drips.

Here is a picture I took to show the size difference that it required.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2081/img0348c.jpg


If anyone else has this res combo please test it and let me know if it drips or not!
 
Are the pumps also inverted? I would imagine that isn't very good for the D5 as air could become trapped in the impeller and reducing flow rates. Just a guess though, the D5 with it's high speed may simply throw air out of itself with the sheer centrifuge forces.
 
snedie said:
Are the pumps also inverted? I would imagine that isn't very good for the D5 as air could become trapped in the impeller and reducing flow rates. Just a guess though, the D5 with it's high speed may simply throw air out of itself with the sheer centrifuge forces.
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The pump is horizontal, see the store page for some pictures:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-140-XS

At lower speeds 1-2.5 ish the pump was pretty much silent until you put your ear up close to it.

The way the chamber inside the res works I don't think it could suck in air unless the water level drops.
 
Well I know it has some rubber grommets to attach to the drive bays. But not convinced they will do much... But bay res/pump top combos are so convenient

snedie said:
How come you have it inverted anyway?
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I'm assuming he was moving the whole pc around to get rid of any air trapped in the system?
 
Toothy1911 said:
Well I know it has some rubber grommets to attach to the drive bays. But not convinced they will do much... But bay res/pump top combos are so convenient


I'm assuming he was moving the whole pc around to get rid of any air trapped in the system?
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From what I can tell he is wanting to keep it inverted, can't see a reason for needing to fit new o-rings otherwise as the fill port simply wouldn't have enough water contact to leak. But if he is using that exact res, I can't even see a reason to invert it unless he really needed the inlet/outlet ports to be on the left rather than right.
 
I just had it running on a desk with a length of pipe connecting the inlet and the outlet together.

See this picture http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2601/boxshots.jpg

My reason was to test the sound levels of the pump which I am happy with and also check for any leaks.

You have to tip the whole res from side to side to get the air out and that is when I saw a drip form around the fill port plug.

Now with the bigger O-Ring there is no drip even when I invert it (again just holding it above the desk, not in any case drive bay yet).


If it was mounted in my case and I rocked it from side to side or stood the case on end trying to get air bubbles out then it would have definitely dripped into the case.
 
I had this with my old XSPC 750, after carrying my pc back up to my bedroom i noticed it was weeping from the fill port and if i put my pc on the side it would run out. It is suppose to seal tight so it shouldn't leak i guess sometimes the O-rings just dont seat very nice with the res.
 
Wrexad said:
I had this with my old XSPC 750, after carrying my pc back up to my bedroom i noticed it was weeping from the fill port and if i put my pc on the side it would run out. It is suppose to seal tight so it shouldn't leak i guess sometimes the O-rings just dont seat very nice with the res.
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This is exactly what I was worried about when I saw it happen with mine on the desk.

If anyone is interested the O-Ring size that stopped it leaking was a 19x2.5mm.
 
^JP^ said:
I just had it running on a desk with a length of pipe connecting the inlet and the outlet together.

See this picture http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2601/boxshots.jpg

My reason was to test the sound levels of the pump which I am happy with and also check for any leaks.

You have to tip the whole res from side to side to get the air out and that is when I saw a drip form around the fill port plug.

Now with the bigger O-Ring there is no drip even when I invert it (again just holding it above the desk, not in any case drive bay yet).


If it was mounted in my case and I rocked it from side to side or stood the case on end trying to get air bubbles out then it would have definitely dripped into the case.
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Ah, so you don't know what the noise will be like when it's vibrating inside a case?
 
GoogalyMoogaly said:
Ah, so you don't know what the noise will be like when it's vibrating inside a case?
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Not yet no, If there is any crazy vibration I plan to slide it back in the case an inch or so, wrap some insulation foam around it without screwing it down and put the standard drive bay covers back on to hide it up.

If it then works as well as it does on my desk then I will be happy!
 
^JP^ said:
Not yet no, If there is any crazy vibration I plan to slide it back in the case an inch or so, wrap some insulation foam around it without screwing it down and put the standard drive bay covers back on to hide it up.

If it then works as well as it does on my desk then I will be happy!
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I know when I ran my DDC pump outside the case it was pretty quiet even at full speed (4500rpm). In a drive bay mounted reservoir it was pretty good at 2500rpm but at 3000rpm the vibrations were annoying.
 
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