Watercooling help :(

[Detrimentum]

This is probably the stupidest thing I have ever done... And I need help, I have my watercooling setup, which consists of;

Reservoir - Pump - CPU - Rad - Reservoir, and I need to install my GPU block, which I entirely forgot about... And I was in quite a rush to get it finished since it had been about 4 weeks... And I need to know how I could possibly bleed my setup, so I could install my GPU block... It needs to go in between the CPU and Rad, so I need to chop the tube leading from the two...

The way I thought of doing it was too crimp the tubing between the CPU and Rad, and then cut it to the length it need to be for the GPU, and then release the crimps and let it drain into a jar... But this seems to me like it most probably won't work and won't get all of the liquid out... So I'm not to sure if I could crimp it, in the same way... And put the bit of cut tube from the CPU into a jar, and let the pump run, so it pumps all the liquid back into a jar... But I'm not sure if the pump's can run dry for a max of 5 seconds?

Thankyou for reading... Sorry for my complete ****-up with this...

 

[shadowscotland]

Don't run your pump dry - quickest way to kill it.
syphon or use mavity too drain loop.

Unbolting your cpu block and hanging it out of the case over a bucket is a popular way to drain a loop. (remove all wires from pc first - and give yourself some space)

Have quickconnectors myself so I don't need to drain loop to swap out hardware.
It's an expensive way - but much less hassle.

linky