Possible Corrosion?
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More likely deposit of the red coolant you're using. If its the EK stuff it can leave a chalky/lime scaley like material behind. A tooth brush and tooth paste can sort it though. Best dismantle and look further into it before it gets worse.
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It's hard to say with the colour in there, but I'd agree with Jay. Some kind of hard water looking deposit is more likely than corrosion.
I had something similar on my old 980ti block after about 4 or 5 years of constant use. A electric toothbrush and some elbow grease got it looking good as new in about 10 mins.
I had something similar on my old 980ti block after about 4 or 5 years of constant use. A electric toothbrush and some elbow grease got it looking good as new in about 10 mins.
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Looks like you've been topping it up
With the awful tap water we have down here
More lime than water
But yeah difficult to tell from the photos
With the awful tap water we have down here
More lime than water
But yeah difficult to tell from the photos
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So does this look like corrosion.
I seem to get this with every EK product I buy, its strarting to do my head in to be honest, doesnt happen with any other water cooling component I buy, just EK products, this water block is only a month old and im getting rid of it, its not even in the water flow path, and im not using EK coolant, you can see it in my EK D5 pump res combo too.
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The gpu block is a watercool heatkiller iv and has been running mayhems x1 eco for 2.5 years. I drain and refill every year and 6 months ago i took everything apart and clean it with a toothbrush and distilled water with dish soap and looked like new. Just yesterday, i drained and flushed entire loop and used some new zmt i had from a recent build for a client. This time i used mayhems x1 eco and 6 drops of mayhems non stain red dye. It wasn't until i flushed and refilled the loop i saw just how much possible corrosion i had in just 6 months 
. Looks like another full system disassembly is in order.
. Looks like another full system disassembly is in order.
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It looks like you have the same block as me there, AM5 Velocity 2? Mine has gone like that in the same place and around the screw and O ring above too.I seem to get this with every EK product I buy, its strarting to do my head in to be honest, doesnt happen with any other water cooling component I buy, just EK products, this water block is only a month old and im getting rid of it, its not even in the water flow path, and im not using EK coolant, you can see it in my EK D5 pump res combo too.
shame it looks like corrosion on my end. No amount of cleaning could get it off. leaving it in warm soapy water for couple hours did nothing. vinegar also did nothing, so i will have to replace the gpu block and fully clean the rest of the system with blitz kit to reduce the chance of this happening again with new block
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shame it looks like corrosion on my end. No amount of cleaning could get it off. leaving it in warm soapy water for couple hours did nothing. vinegar also did nothing, so i will have to replace the gpu block and fully clean the rest of the system with blitz kit to reduce the chance of this happening again with new block
Try citric acid. Can buy it from Amazon is cheap as chips.
Dissolves all rust/limescale etc.
will give this a try
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Citric acid might actually
Dissolve the nickel plating off
Assuming it's nickel plated of course
Dissolve the nickel plating off
Assuming it's nickel plated of course
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id think you would have to have some mega strong acid to dissolve the plating before the corrosion?
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Not necessarily
Certain chemicals cause much stronger reactions
Than you might expect
Depending on what the materials are
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Acetic acid (vinegar)
Is mild enough to put on your tongue
But it can still dissolve other stuff
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so after reading around, citric acid could cause issues with plating. this is due to the acid being able to dissolve the nickel plating. while small it is very likely to cause more damage than good, so will pass on using citric acid
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Yeah thought it mightso after reading around, citric acid could cause issues with plating. this is due to the acid being able to dissolve the nickel plating. while small it is very likely to cause more damage than good, so will pass on using citric acid
Especially if the corrosion has caused
Any sort of tiny holes/breaks in the plating