how often do you change the coolant in your loop?

I would say one a year really, i tend to do mine every few months but thats just because of constant upgrading :)
 
First time i had my loop set up i only changed the fluid after 4.5yrs. De-ionised water plus Zerex i used back then. Only needed a slight top up every now and then. Had no loss of performance, no gunking up or anything. If it was a coloured fluid i would have changed it probably once a year.
 
To stop liquids staining its best to change liquids ever 6 to 9 months. under testing we found when using dyes this is the best time to change out.
 
First it was 9 months, now I had to strip the loop for other reasons and has only been 3 months.
I didn't find any discolouring of water or yuky stuff in the blocks, but I did find the internal walls of my white Masterkleer tubing has some sort of build up which comes away if I rub it!
Strange thing is water is clear as the day I put it in!
 
Yeah I really don't see the point in changing fluids, unless you have a problem with gunk/gunge or some other kind of build up. Who cares if the pipes get stained with a colour, its likely that you'll have the same colour for some time and if not pipe is cheap.
I'm running the same fluid that I put in around 3 years ago and its still fine, does its job perfectly, and changing it would make no difference what so ever.
 
Hi, l'v been using Thermochill EC6 Clear Fluid just over a year now, its still clear no tarnishing at all, my CPU Block is Copper / GPU Block Actel+Nickel. Topped the loop up only when changing GPU + Fittings, Thermochill EC6 Clear needs changing every 2 years, temps are still fine.
 
RollerBall said:
If you're just changing a dyed liquid for another dyed liquid surely it would still stain anyway?
Click to expand...

We have found if you do regular changes no it doest stain as bad if left alone for a long time. How ever staining can all so be removed various ways.

Some tubing leaches and doesn't matter if you use just plain DI water or not, it will still discolour (white powder on the tubing).
 
Last edited:
mlwood37 said:
We have found if you do regular changes no it doest stain as bad if left alone for a long time. How ever staining can all so be removed various ways.

Some tubing leaches and doesn't matter if you use just plain DI water or not, it will still discolour (white powder on the tubing).
Click to expand...

Yep this is what I found on a 3 month old tubing with distilled + kill coil.It rubs off with the finger but hard to clean with running water.
 
If anyone is due a yearly or whatever "maintenance" including water changes, I would really like to see before and after temperatures, assuming there are no hardware changes before and after, and there wasn't some other factor in play such as rad fins blocked with fluff. I personally would not want to intervene in a loop unless there has been clear degradation. The only other reason would be to try and maintain non conductivity of the fluid, but there is debate only how long that stuff stays non conductive anyway.
 
Car coolant only really needs changing due to the antifreeze going off, you can quite happily run the same coolant for years and years with no adverse effects, i've seen it on several cars. So why would a PC that doesn't get its water half as hot as a car, and isn't exposed to such large temperature differences need changing at all?
 
Bubo said:
If anyone is due a yearly or whatever "maintenance" including water changes, I would really like to see before and after temperatures, assuming there are no hardware changes before and after, and there wasn't some other factor in play such as rad fins blocked with fluff. I personally would not want to intervene in a loop unless there has been clear degradation. The only other reason would be to try and maintain non conductivity of the fluid, but there is debate only how long that stuff stays non conductive anyway.
Click to expand...

Keep an eye on mayhems we will change that market ... We are looking into producing the only "REAL" none conductive fluids for the consumer. With a 7 year life span. We will let you know once ever thing is complete.

Atm all our fluids are none conductive for about 2 months in a loop how ever if you have dust this changes every thing. With the new fluid we have you can submerse you PC in the liquid if you wish how ever it must be sealed as its evaporates. You can have as much dust on you system as you like and any metals you like it will still stay none conductive.

Were still in talks with a certain company and were sorting out all the finer details about this.
 
Last edited:
realscot said:
Car coolant only really needs changing due to the antifreeze going off, you can quite happily run the same coolant for years and years with no adverse effects, i've seen it on several cars. So why would a PC that doesn't get its water half as hot as a car, and isn't exposed to such large temperature differences need changing at all?
Click to expand...

1) A car is a sealed system and is totally different.
2) Do u see injection plates cooling a tiny part of the car down.
3) Do u see yearly swap out filters on a pc why do you think you MOT a car and service it.

ect ect ect no comparison.....
 
I have problems with all three or your statments tbh. None of them explain why you would need to specifically replace coolant, don't know what you are on about with the filters comment. There is nothing special about a cars cooling system, it is essentially the same as a PC system if you ask me. Realscot makes a perfectly valid point. You only need to be changing fluids if the colour has leeched out or you are bothered about conductance as I said, not because it has "aged".
 
If ur running dioinised or distilled water with a silver kill coil then there is no need what so ever to clean the loop, using some of the colored liquids and that then thay can be blockages over time which would need a clean out one in a while.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom