Is my rad ok?

[Perfect_Chaos]

What do you make of this?

theres a few tiny dents in my rad's water channels, i emailed swiftech and got a reply from gabe saying it's just a production artifact and it's fine. But just wanted to see what anyone else had to say.

 

[Bubo]

Can really tell anythng from those pics, but a simple way to test if your rad is going to be water tight is to put your thumb over one of the in/out holes and blow in the other. If you hear or feel the pressure changing as your pressurise the rad then there is a hole somewhere. You can also submerge the rad under water while you do the above, then you will be able to see if there is a leak by a stream of air bubbles. Use short pices of tubing to make this easier.

 

[corky]

hi mate, hmn as its the core and not the actual fins makes it a bit worrying...its a production defect...are swifttech confident enough it wont actual corrode through and leak. i would be inclined to ask for a replacement not just for piece of mind regarding leaks but it is actually defective.you could pressure test it but should you have to?

 

[Perfect_Chaos]

Well it looks bigger in the pictures than if you saw it yourself, they are actually pretty small but if they arent going to cause any problems i suppose it's fine.

Apparently it does not qualify for RMA, so hopefully no leaks. But because it's dented will it make it weaker?