Cleaning out loop/rads after just using de-ionised water...

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So I've been bad and just used de-ionised water in my loop...
(I meant to add the additive but was going to xhange the pump first but then never got round to it etc etc) it's been a few years and I want to clean out my CPU block (which I can do manually) but should I get something like Mayhems Blitz to make sure any gunk/corrosion is out of the rads?

I'm thinking this stuff

 
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I havent opened it up yet...is a bit of verdigris in the rads worth worrying about?

I'm running ZMT tubing too so hopefully there's not much to react
 
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I used to use a mix of vinegar and tap water, warm and leave it in the and run with a filter for a hour or so, then flush out with deionised water.

Sorry thread necro. I still haven't done it as I haven't been gaming. Can someone link me to right vinegar? Everything at the supermarket looks like it just wants to go on fish and chips!!! Or is that OK?
 
White distilled vinegar is what you want, not the delicious brown stuff. Hilariously I grabbed 2 500ml bottles from my local corner shop for 65p each.

It's "Jack's" brand, which is basically Tesco basics. Corner shop or Tesco I should imagine.

The 5% stuff? Then what 10 to 1 tap water? I was up in Stoke for Xmas - I should have got some then!!
 
Depending on how crusty your stuff is, I've seen people do anything from 80/20 to 50/50 water to vinegar. Warm it up a bit too.

I do 60/40 cleaning my blocks because I don't leave to soak for very long before actively scrubbing. For radiators I'd probably dilute that a little more to 70/30 if you're gonna leave it to sit for an hour or two.

Perfect. I'll probably take the rads out if the case so I run tap water through both ways to flush them. When I put the de-ionised water in I'll use the additive this time!!
 
Perfect. I'll probably take the rads out if the case so I run tap water through both ways to flush them. When I put the de-ionised water in I'll use the additive this time!!
Well one day later... I had it all out of the case. Did the citric acid - could't find vinegar anywhere, at one point the liquid went all copper sulphate blue!!

I've gone back to one rad over 2, i've only got my 5800x3d in the loop anyway, and used a thermal pad instead of paste - which was fiddly and it looked like some lumps of something got under it - i had 3 lumps (also it's really fragile so i can't see me ever being able to use it again...)

Need to do some final flushes of DI water now and trim some of the tubing to make it look nice
 
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