Loop upgrade - Fluid choice recommendations

[cjgardens]

Halfords Battery water lol, me and a few others on here use it and never had any issues. About £5 for a 5 litre bottle, i've been using this stuff for around 8 years now.

Ive used asda water and biocide for about 15 years. Never had a issue. Anything else is snake oil imo

 

[Jay85]

Do you add any biocide?
I used to do this with my very first build over 12 years ago. But changed to X1 clear as it was relatively cheap back then. I can see it has gone up since.
This thread reminds me that I need to check/clean my loop which is about 2 years running with X1 clear with only a small top up.

Nope, no biocide. I clean my loop with a blitz kit, run it through with deionised water and flush it out then top again with deionised water. Have used Halfords stuff for 10+ years now at this point and it's never let me down, no corrosion, no flaking of plating etc.

 

[Jay85]

Ive used asda water and biocide for about 15 years. Never had a issue. Anything else is snake oil imo

Agreed, stayed well away from any pastel type colours as well.

 

[embalse]

Do you add any biocide?
I used to do this with my very first build over 12 years ago. But changed to X1 clear as it was relatively cheap back then. I can see it has gone up since.
This thread reminds me that I need to check/clean my loop which is about 2 years running with X1 clear with only a small top up.

Ya I use a few drops of biocide..

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[R.C.Anderson]

Ah fair enough, what colour is it you're after?

I wanted an orange, and the mayhems just didn't look like the right shade, so used yellow cryofluid, with a few drops of red dye until I got the shade I wanted.

 

[jabski]

Do you add any biocide?
I used to do this with my very first build over 12 years ago. But changed to X1 clear as it was relatively cheap back then. I can see it has gone up since.
This thread reminds me that I need to check/clean my loop which is about 2 years running with X1 clear with only a small top up.

hi mate, yes a couple of drops

 

[Rab]

Halfords Battery water, like a few, been np for years.

 

[LePhuronn]

I wanted an orange, and the mayhems just didn't look like the right shade, so used yellow cryofluid, with a few drops of red dye until I got the shade I wanted.

Mayhems non-stain dyes are designed to be mixed and matched. Easy enough to whip up the exact orange you want. I'd be sceptical about adding dyes to Cryofuel after the fact.

 

[Th3D0n]

i just use clear ek cryofluid easy to clean and last for ever

 

[Bito]

X1 Clear or more recently EK Cryofuel Clear

 

[dave28]

I just use the EK premix blood red ( not the solid color version ) Im happy with it and it was on sale for a couple of quid off per bottle last time I bought a couple of litres

 

[Jay85]

Halfords Battery water, like a few, been np for years.

Literally GOATED, been using it for years and still do. I've ran it without any additives too and its been fine.

 

[CageyH]

I find that I get growths with EK Cyrofuel not longer after 12 months.
Really tempted to try Prestone. I have some in the garage.