radiator cleaning

mr-fluff · 18 Feb 2013 at 18:42

so I've just got one of the radiators for my 1st watercooling rig and have been flushing it out by filling with hot water, letting it stand for 10min then shaking and emptying as described on a few forum posts. After reading a few posts i was expecting to get quiet a lot of crap out of the radiator but so far I've got much less than i expected, a few small black specks, and so wanted to know if this was all i should expect or maybe i'm doing something wrong and not getting it all out?

also I've got some de-ionised water to flush it out with a few times once i'm sure it's clean.

Bennyjc · 18 Feb 2013 at 19:32

If you are not getting anything after a couple of washes, it should be fine, I got barely anything out of my radiators.

mr-fluff · 18 Feb 2013 at 19:38

cheers, think i was just being paranoid as i was expecting a lot of stuff to come out.

*Rich* · 18 Feb 2013 at 21:51

I too have never seen any 'real' dirt from any rads i have owned/cleaned.

pgi947 · 18 Feb 2013 at 22:04

Radiators are much cleaner these days, some even come pre-flushed, though even with that I would still give it a couple of flushes to be safe

Space Monkey · 19 Feb 2013 at 11:20

Same with me OP, my first rad had virtually nothing at all come out and I was worried I hadn't cleaned it correctly, I guess some rads are better made than others

mr-fluff · 19 Feb 2013 at 14:00

bodes well for the rest of the xspc kit i bought then :-)

*Rich* · 19 Feb 2013 at 17:43

mr-fluff said:
bodes well for the rest of the xspc kit i bought then

Well their kit has been good for me, all that i've used.

joshcowin · 19 Feb 2013 at 19:27

Try white vinegar in it and leave for 5 hours then flush with hot distelled water twice

Bluntwrapped · 20 Feb 2013 at 18:40

All 3 of my XSPC EX rads were clean out the box. I gave them a once over and like yourself got a couple of black specks. Could've been loose paint I don't really know.