GPU Waterblock Small Leak

Rehab88

Rehab88

Rehab88

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Hi Guys

I have built my watercooling loop and tested it with the air tester which resulted in no leaks.

However now i have fully filled it and ran it for a few weeks now I have identified that there is a small leak from one of the screws that is holding the 2 acrylic bits of one of the gpu waterblocks together.

Now there is very little space to work with between the waterblock and the tubes so is there any way to solve this without emptying the whole loop and trying to fix the waterblock?

The leak only happens when the pump runs at speed while its idle there is no leak
 
Any water leaking leak is too much even if it's just a drip. If I were you I would want to put my mind at rest, components are more expensive than ever and all it takes is a drop of water in the wrong place and zzzzzzzzzzttttttttt, somethings dead. It could just need a little tightening but worst case is that the O-ring has been pinched or not seated correctly and that little leak may get worse. So that I could rest easy I would be draining the loop down and removing the gpu from the pc and do a close inspection of the O-ring to make sure it's seated properly. If it is then just pinch the screw up a little. Don't go too mad or you may end up stripping the thread in the block. It's a pain to drain the loop again but it's better to be safe than sorry.
 
pastymuncher said:
Any water leaking leak is too much even if it's just a drip. If I were you I would want to put my mind at rest, components are more expensive than ever and all it takes is a drop of water in the wrong place and zzzzzzzzzzttttttttt, somethings dead. It could just need a little tightening but worst case is that the O-ring has been pinched or not seated correctly and that little leak may get worse. So that I could rest easy I would be draining the loop down and removing the gpu from the pc and do a close inspection of the O-ring to make sure it's seated properly. If it is then just pinch the screw up a little. Don't go too mad or you may end up stripping the thread in the block. It's a pain to drain the loop again but it's better to be safe than sorry.
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Ye i thought so much lol. Not sure i can face doing another watercooling build after the pain on this one lol
 
MikeTimbers said:
Draining shouldn't be too much of a problem and you only need to remove the tubes that are connected to the gpu that's leaking.
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Ye only problem I've stumbled on now is the GPU blocks and tubes not draining lol probs have to turn upside down etc just a bit heavy doing it on my own lol
 
you don't need to drain the whole thing, just enough that if you position the case right, the pipes you want to remove won't drip everywhere.
 
Can't tell without seeing it
But the plastic squeeze fill bottle
Is also useful when getting coolant out
You can shove the pipe/tube on it in and suck coolant out
Have had a screw crack a block before
Poor design with the screws too near the edge of the acrylic
And probably over tightened at the factory
Had to get creative with some instant gasket to fix it
Stuff they use for cars
 
Thanks for all the advice guys.

Managed to drain the loop enough to get the 2 GPU blocks out with little to no water leakage. After looking at the leaky block it looks as if the O ring had slipped or something so reseated it and now working as it should.

There is supposed to be a lot of RGB with the blocks and fittings but i threw a fit and couldnt be bothered to try and get it all running lol so its just the ram, fans, strimmer and reservoir that are RGBified lol

If i was to redo this loop i would choose thinner rads at the top and bottom, use the bitspower sedna front reservoir as it would allow for the 3rd radiator in the side with push pull fans due to pump placement and get rid of the thermaltake RGB fittings as they are complete trash lol
 
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