Watercooling help required :(

martynpd · 24 Jun 2017 at 22:03

So ive built my first ever water cooling loop which consists of:

Ek evo nickel block.
Monsoon rad d5 pump combo. Pump is set to 4
Ek 360 rad

for some reason the water isnt cycling and won't get past the rad it will just tickle in

My setup is pump > block > rad > res.

Any idea why this happening?

I also have a fill tube connected to the top of the res.

Thanks in advance.

Holst1981 · 24 Jun 2017 at 22:23

Looks like air trapped in the rad.

Try with the case turned face down.

BRIGGBOY81 · 24 Jun 2017 at 22:40

Yeah there is a lot of trapped air in there buddy

martynpd · 24 Jun 2017 at 22:55

Cool. What's the best way to remove It? Ive tried tilting thr case for a little while but when put back down it goes back to the same state.

BRIGGBOY81 · 24 Jun 2017 at 23:02

Rotate and shake it like a mofo from all angles, then run the pump with the lid of the reservoir for a bit. Then repeat. Then repeat. And do that until all the air has gone. You should not have gaps in the fluid like that.

BRIGGBOY81 · 24 Jun 2017 at 23:04

Another thing did you flush the rad before installing

martynpd · 24 Jun 2017 at 23:07

I flushed every component before using them

momo56 · 24 Jun 2017 at 23:47

Might be worth opening up the CPU block to check if anything is blocking the fins. A few people on here also had the jet plate in the wrong orientation blocking flow.

Brizzles · 24 Jun 2017 at 23:49

Fill the res , then remove the fill tube ( you creating an air lock with the fill tube still attached ), switch on till the res empties.

Then just keep repeating the above

martynpd · 25 Jun 2017 at 00:21

momo56 said:
Might be worth opening up the CPU block to check if anything is blocking the fins. A few people on here also had the jet plate in the wrong orientation blocking flow.

That's exactly what it was! The block was full of crap, I cleaned it and reassembled and now the flow rate is fine.

Thanks for all the help guys.