IT'S LEAKING!

[Clown]

Erm, my reservoir has started leaking. My watercooling has been in for a few months now or something, but it has decided to start leaking. Is there anything I can do to waterproof it without taking it all apart? Can I just smear it with vaseline or something?

 

[jellybeard999]

where from ?

the barbs ?

the reservoir itself ?

what reservoir is it ?

safer to take it all apart now ... then try to fix it / buy a new res

 

[lay-z-boy]

erm, take it out and find the problem.

just doing a bad job covering it up is going to make it worse later on.

 

[R B Customs]

yea more info please .
silicone sealent may be an option, but not really if its wet !

 

[Clown]

It looks like it's leaking from the barbs. It's a very slow leak, and I can't be arsed draining the system and replacing things right now. It's summer and I should be outside. Does silicone sealant get hard and 'dry' up?

 

[kinggost]

silicone sealent dries rubbrised but waterproof

 

[A.N.Other]

silicone sealent dries rubbrised but waterproof

Have a look around your bath and sink - it's the same stuff.

 

[Clown]

Ah. I didn't know what that was called. I called it "rubbery stuff".

 

[basmic]

I'm not trying to say "air > water" - but leakages is one reason I refuse to go to water cooling.

The price is another.

 

[sablabra]

I'm not trying to say "air > water" - but leakages is one reason I refuse to go to water cooling.

The price is another.

A well set up water cooling doesn't leak . Water is superior over air, admit it!

 

[speeduk]

A well set up water cooling doesn't leak . Water is superior over air, admit it!

Having been working in a kitchen for 6 months, my new best friend is water.

A hot tray takes 5 minutes to cool down in room temperature air but in 45c water it cools down in 5 seconds.

 

[Clown]

Watercooling your baking tray. Heheheh.

 

[locutus12]

Erm, my reservoir has started leaking. My watercooling has been in for a few months now or something, but it has decided to start leaking. Is there anything I can do to waterproof it without taking it all apart? Can I just smear it with vaseline or something?

when you fitted the pipes did you use a layer of PTFE tape on each pipe at the connection before securing the connections? if not, go buy some and use it i promise youl never leak again.

I'm not trying to say "air > water" - but leakages is one reason I refuse to go to water cooling.

The price is another.

cost me £30 lol

 

[Clown]

Yes I did. And I used a rubber o-ring. And sometimes it leaks tiny drops, but most of the time it's dry.