watercooling noises

Felix E

Felix E

Felix E

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At long last I am in the process of leak testing! wooo!

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Everything seems to be fine so far, no leaks and system is definitely full. It is making some noises though so I wanted to check these were normal..

Firstly there's an occasional kind of clicking or scratching coming from the pump area.. it almost sounds like a hard drive. I can also hear fluid moving around inside the rad - obvious I know! I just wanted to make sure the noises I hear are ok though :)

Thanks
Felix
 
i would have thought that meant you had some air in the system mate, you'll need to shuffle the componants about a bit to find the air, then 'bleed' it.
 
You shouldn't hear anything other than the hum of the pump.

The water noises are most likely air bubbles in your rad. Give it a shake.
 
When I leak tested mine it made some noise but eventually settled down over the 24 hours and was then practically silent.
 
erm should I shake things while the pump is running or once it's off?

I'm just glad it's normal and nothing to worry about! I'll try to get rid of any air..
 
sorry to hijack, but anyone have any idea whether a single PA120.1 would handle an OCed E6400? I dont have internal space for a 120.2, and 2x120.1 is a bit expensive for me right now.
 
Cob said:
Keep it on and open your res. Any air bubbles will escape through the res.
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Rubbish, res open or closed makes no difference. Air will collect in the res and then you open to top-off with more water. You say the air bubbles escape, what replaces them?

Just make sure the orientation of the res does not allow air to suck down into pump inlet as you shake and rotate the case. Top-off regularly to make this easier. Turning pump on and off a few times can help force trapped air from pockets.

At the beggining the on/off cycles, case tilting and topping off will be quite regular. After the majority of the air is out, the tiny bubbles will still take a while. Occaisionally do the tilting thing and they should be all gone in 24hours or so.
 
did u take the d-tek fusion back off to put the mountin plate on?

blue feser 1 looks ace under uv lights

you need to get posting in the mozart owners thread man
 
just rock your case about, its more than likely that there is air trapped within the radiator, gentle rocking will move it to the res, also check the pump has ample water when starting up so no cavitation can occur
 
***F1ZZY*** said:
Rubbish, res open or closed makes no difference. Air will collect in the res and then you open to top-off with more water. You say the air bubbles escape, what replaces them?
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Water from a jug usually.
 
w3bbo said:
Felix, where's the top off the D-Tek? :(
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Yep I saw your post at (competitor) forums mate and realised 'I r t3h n00b' etc.. Wasn't too mad tbh I was glad you spotted it before I went through the process of trying to fit my mb and then realised that I hadn't put the plate on.

I drained the loop this morning and it was probably a good thing that I had to anyway as lots of little black bits came out with the Feser fluid (which went all over my hands and jeans as well despite me having a huge pan underneath the block!)

Refitted the block with the plate on top using the same tubes - went over the barbs a lot easier this time ;) having been taken off already! Leak test seems ok though so hopefully will get my board fitted soon and yes to paul_64l I'll post something in the TX owners thread once I'm finished!

Felix

P.S - I also managed to break one of my UV cathodes by leaning on it. Oh and earlier today I broke the glass picture frame sheet that I've been using to lap a waterblock on... nice going there i feel!
 
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w3bbo said:
Sounds like you're having fun :D .

Thats a nice blue colour tbh - feser1?
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Oh yeah loads! .. nearly there now at least, I need to shake the system about a bit more to free any trapped air but as soon as I have enough time off work then I'll be attaching my block :)

Yeah Feser 1 blue.
 
Yeah, i had that crinkly noise coming from the pump. Its the air bubbles going through. Make sure you tilt and shake the system to ensure all the bubbles have been released.
 
Hmmm... black bits come out of the loop? Probably copper oxide, but where from?

Did you flush the radiator in the end?

Nice loop, by the way!
 
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