Soldato
So I finished leak testing my loop with distilled water, and today put in my coolant. It's Alphacool CKC clear, which I had two 1L bottles of. My loop holds ~1.1 litres and I wasn't able to get all the liquid out anyway when draining, so I figured I would leave a little of the distilled water in as it couldn't hurt to dilute the CKC with a little distilled water right? I think I was wrong! After a couple of hours I noticed my reservoir has a bluish tinge, so this happened pretty fast. I've seen speculation that it's the anti-corrosives in the coolant reacting to water that has become acidic. Apparently distilled water can do this?
The distilled water was in the loop for a week, and the loop was left mostly empty for a week, before filling this weekend. I only really have free time to work on this at weekends.
Prior to this all the parts were new - Alphacool copper rads, Alphacool VPP755 pump, Alphacool blocks. The radiators were flushed with hot water, then diluted vinegar solution, then a few rounds of distilled water (circulated first and then replaced with fresh).
What do you lot think? I'll likely leave it as it doesn't look bad and should just be a side effect of the anti-corrosive, but it'd be good to know what's up.
The distilled water was in the loop for a week, and the loop was left mostly empty for a week, before filling this weekend. I only really have free time to work on this at weekends.
Prior to this all the parts were new - Alphacool copper rads, Alphacool VPP755 pump, Alphacool blocks. The radiators were flushed with hot water, then diluted vinegar solution, then a few rounds of distilled water (circulated first and then replaced with fresh).
What do you lot think? I'll likely leave it as it doesn't look bad and should just be a side effect of the anti-corrosive, but it'd be good to know what's up.