How do i get rid of the bubbles?

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Cheekykid

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My swiftech water cooling kit makes this irritating bubbling noise every time i have my D5 pump run at full speed (5). Any idea of how i can remedy that?
If i run it at 3 this doesn't happen.
 
Cob said:
Did you remove all the trapped air after putting it together?
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I have done or thats what seemed to be the case at the time. If you tell me the procedure ill tell you if i've done a mistake. I have a bay reservoir.
 
Have you moved your case back and forwards, side to side while your reservoir is open?

This gets all the bubbles moving and hopefully will come out via your reservoir.
 
AFK_Matrix said:
Have you moved your case back and forwards, side to side while your reservoir is open?

This gets all the bubbles moving and hopefully will come out via your reservoir.
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Thanks mate,

Looks like it worked as its better now :)
 
Giving your rad a good shake will usually release a fair bit of air. Remember to top up your res as you go.
 
What i did to get rid of air in my system was to put somit under the case at one end and left it for a few hours and the bubbles where gone,it will take a while to get them out.
 
try and make sure your res is the highest point in the loop, even if it means putting the computer on it's back/side/front. if there's a bit of give in the tubing the move the res a bit to make sure it's the highest point in the loop. with the res closed run the loop and see if you get some more air moving into the res, stop it once in a while and top up the res.

basically you need to get all the air into the res, then get all the air out of the res by filling it. a word of warning, if you have a cape coolplex bullseye type res then you're a bit mucked. the D5 on top power is quite powerfull and forces air from the res into the system, had to get rid of my res because i couldn't fill it up 100%.

if you've got a bay res then you need a bit longer tubing so you can remove the res with the computer on its back and top it up like that
 
There are some VERY misleading comments here.

--The res does not have to be at the highest point.

--The res does not have to be open.

The air will collect in pockets in the loop. This can be in blocks and rad. Air is prone to collect when flow is reduced (this is where the res comes in)

Typically, the pump is powerful enough to push air along the tubes (even down) as the flow rate is high enough here.

The trick is to tilt the case sufficiently (laying it down on either side) so that the air goes from pocket to pocket (block to block to rad) and eventually to the res.

The trick is NOT to let air get back into the pump from the res. This can be caused by tilting too much in the wrong direction [so the pump sucks air from the res], or by letting too much air accumulate in the res without topping up, [so the pump sucks air from the res].

If the pump sucks air, it has to make it round the loop again. The rad is usuall the biggest hoarder of air as its tanks act like res's, where flow is reduced and the air collects easily. Also (depending on mounting and barb position) the air can be hard to get out.

1 make sure rad outlet barb is able to dispense air (higher than inlet and either horizontal or pointing up)
2 make sure the outlet from res to pump will not suck air (positioning and filling regularly as needed)
3 make sure pump is lower than res (usually point 2 ensures this)

If you can find a position than encompasses all 3 points above, the loop will mostly self bleed with a bit off jiggling. On/off the pump or pinch tubing to create some eratic flow will help too.

:D
/edit/ most of the references to "flow" are velocity and not a volumetric measure (lpm etc) I was trying to make it easy reading. The air will be inclined to collect where the speed of the flow is less, the volumetric flow is constant throughout the loop.
 
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if the res is not at the highest point then when he turns the comp off to refill the res the water pressure will force water back into the res and air back into the tubing :)
 
elfy said:
if the res is not at the highest point then when he turns the comp off to refill the res the water pressure will force water back into the res and air back into the tubing :)
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I'd have thought that would hold the water in if there were no where else to suck air in.

Ever tried holding your finger over a straw of water?

Doesn't shoot out when you lift it out the cup, it stays put.
 
Always found that if the res can feed the pump easy enough it does not matter where it is although it is preferable to have it high.

Running two watercooled pc's and both have the res on the floor of the case with the rads in the roof of case and never had any problems.
 
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