Tygon gone cloudy!

[seekdestroy]

I've only had my watercooling in and running for about 3 months. In that time, the loop has been emptied and refilled twice (1 due to leak and 1 due to mobo update)

When I emptied it last week I noticed the tubes had gone slightly cloudy, is this common? It kind of looked like a pinkish residue, almost like condensation.

I'm using a kill coil and Mayhem UV Green Dye. Also I've got UV lights on 24/7. The green looks amazing, and there's no issues with it.

I'm just wondering whether the cloudyness is from the Dye. Any1 else seen this b4?

 

[Mick-1965]

Possibly ? the effects of the plasticiser in the tube leaching out.
I was reading about this only the other day.
Have a read here

 

[seekdestroy]

Hmmm, Thanks for that link, had never heard about this before

Still got some life in my tubes but will probably replace them in the next 3 months.

 

[mjones1]

This is very common with tygon tubing so you haven't done anything wrong just swap it out for some better tubing.

 

[JeffyB]

Tygon (r3606) will cloud due to plasticizer leech.

 

[mike gunnz]

The truth is no one definitively knows why tubing sometimes clouds and why it sometimes doesn't.

I've had Masterkleer cloud up as well as the occasional Tygon loop. My current Tygon R3603 loop has been crystal clear for months, but I couldnt tell you why.

 

[setter]

Ive seen this with Tygon tubing in a local dairy as well, (clear R3603). The engineers are in the middle of replacing it due to clouding, as theyre concerned about possible contamination.

 

[Krony]

Always used Tygon but the black and never had issues.

 

[mike gunnz]

Always used Tygon but the black and never had issues.

Well of course you haven't, your tubing is black

 

[prt]

Well of course you haven't, your tubing is black

Lol I like it

 

[Krony]

Hehe, u can still get cloudy water which u can see in the res