Getting air out of loop....

Michaeljcox24

Michaeljcox24

Michaeljcox24

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So I've just put my old loop in an Enthoo Primo. Gone for a blue coolant, RX240 and an RX360 in the roof. Don't want to post any pics yet because it's not quite finished (still waiting for some UV cathodes and a couple of bitfenix blue extension leads)

Temps are ok given how muggy it is. I'm on Prime95 load at 61C (1.37V) and on Heaven the 690 maxes out at around 51. I think this is because of the high is CPU voltage and the fact the CPU comes after the 240 and gets the warmer coolant.

Quick question though...

You know when you're in the first week of your new loop, and you can hear the odd bubble going round / seeing it drifting round the hosing, do you leave the top off the bay res to let it out?

Or do you seal the bay res?

Mine's quite safe if I leave the top off, because I put a bit of slack in the hoses so I could pull it out and fill it. It's just physics surely dictates if it's a sealed system, the air has nowhere to go.

Just wondered..
 
I left the top of the reservoir off when I was doing the initial pump on/off and (extremely!) careful rocking, but once the major bubbles were out I just closed it all up and left it to work itself out. By the time I put the lid on, it was only microbubbles going around ('fizzy' coolant appearance).
 
Depending on the res you could release the fill port screw lightly just so that you can get some air in there. Sound like the air cannot escape because of the pressure. Also if you can crank the speed up on the pump for a few hours so any caught bubbles can get out the pipe and into the res.
 
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