Will my system need cleaned out?

JW1993 · 7 Feb 2011 at 20:38

I set up my watercooling system about 2 weeks ago. About a week later I drained it to see if I could sort the pump out as it was being rather noisy. I was running the loop on distilled water only. Now, I have purchased a new case and I'm wondering what do I do to fill it up again. Its been a week or so since i drained it so theres only little bits of water left inside. Do i have to clean it out by whatever method? or should I just refill it with fresh distilled water?

Note: I have not been using a kill coil, if that makes any difference, although I do plan on getting one.

OLDPHART · 8 Feb 2011 at 01:01

To be honest can't see a problem just refilling it as the distilled water is only 2 weeks old, yes use Silver Coil this stops algae from building up.

stylus pilot · 8 Feb 2011 at 01:13

I'd probably just refill with fresh distilled water.

If you're really worried I guess you could fill it, run it for a short while and then drain and refill with fresh distilled water to flush it out.

Either way, I'd definitely get a kill coil in there asap.

pingu666 · 8 Feb 2011 at 01:16

removing algea or trying to remove it from radiators is not something you want todo, trust me

so kill coil is a good thing to get