Remove water with sucker?

Addicted · 13 Oct 2010 at 10:57

I've starting instaling my watercooling system (simple cpu loop), but i've made a schoolboy error and i've got one of the tubes the wrong way, and one of them is twisted the wrong angle which is causing it to kink!
Unfortuntely i've already filled it with liquid, so i'm wondering the based way to remedy this!
Could i use something like a massive syringe to get the water out of the res, which will eventually empty the rad too i assume?
Or if i don't empty it, could i undo the compression fitting where it's kinked a little and rotate the tubing without water gushing everywhere?

Here's a pic:

Not sure on the best plan of action, but i need to remedy this!

Here's my setup:
XSPC Dual Bay Res/Pump
EK-Supreme HF CPU block
3/8" tubing & barbs
EK 360 rad!

edit: ideally i'd want to remove the top compress fitting, so then i can also move the other tubing which is tangled up and then it will all be untangled, and there'll be no kink! this will teach me for not building the loop inside the pc! (i thought i wouldn't be able to do it as easily so roughly measured the tubes!)

geoirv23 · 13 Oct 2010 at 11:15

Can't you just try and remove the rad and cpu block without disturbing the connections and empty it once its clear of the components?

Addicted · 13 Oct 2010 at 11:17

what's the best way to empty it though? i can take off the rad etc easily, the cpu isn't bolted in yet, just trying to think of the best way to do it!

i only placed the block on the cpu to make sure everything was fine, and i found it wasn't

geoirv23 · 13 Oct 2010 at 11:41

I'd just remove everything and then take off one of the fittings off the cpu block and let mavity do the rest.

Addicted · 13 Oct 2010 at 11:53

yea i've used a 50ml syringe from the res and got 80% of the water out, leaving the rest just in the res and a tiny bit in the cpu block so i can remove the fitting and sort it all out

geoirv23 · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:14

Aye thinks its the best way.

matt100 · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:21

geoirv23 said:
I'd just remove everything and then take off one of the fittings off the cpu block and let mavity do the rest.

this. Thats how I do it. Just tilt the case to make sure it won't hit any components and then yank a tube off.

Addicted · 13 Oct 2010 at 12:34

sorted!

and also rebleeding now!

hash70 · 14 Oct 2010 at 07:45

i found a cracking little thing for draining the coolant fae my rig,while looking on amazon.uk i found this handpump with 1m tube at each end,all i do is put 1 end of the tube in my resivour and the other end in the bucket ,it drains my pc in 2minutes and it only cost me a £5,anyone who owns a watercooled pc should have one of these,it saves so much trouble

dreigns · 15 Oct 2010 at 06:42

I just put a 3 way connection at the bottom of my loop
drains on it own in a min it's been a life saver

JonJ678 · 15 Oct 2010 at 13:08

Yep, T line near the bottom is the way to go here. Even better with a valve on the end