Draining a loop

[WaavinHicks]

I need to drain my loop so I can replace the coolant (XSPC Blood red coolant looks almost black, plan to replace it with mayhems pastel) anyway, i wanted to know the easiest way to drain a loop.

 

 

There is a 360mm top rad between the CPU and GPU aswell

 

As i change my mind/components etc fairly often i wanted to install a drain tap for when i need to drain it next, im assuming i need one of these fittings ( http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11882/ex-tub-732/Bitspower_G_14_Matte_Black_Male_to_Male_Rotary_Extender_BP-MBRG.html ) to connect the bitspower tap to a 90° fitting to come out between the res and PSU?

 

So my questions are..

 

1. Whats the easiest way to drain my loop as is? going from blue to red coolant I just cut tubing as I had extra tubing, not so fortunate this time.

2. Do I need a male to male fitting to connect a bitspower tap to a bitspower 90° fitting? If so, is there anywhere in australia that stocks them?

[Artem]

Remove your cpu block, pull it out over a container, and remove one of the fittings. Tilt your case in the direction needed to made that tube the lowest point and drain...

[WaavinHicks]

Remove your cpu block, pull it out over a container, and remove one of the fittings. Tilt your case in the direction needed to made that tube the lowest point and drain...

The tube between my CPU block and top rad is really short, I wouldn't be able to get the CPU block out past the GPU.

[Artem]

The tube between my CPU block and top rad is really short, I wouldn't be able to get the CPU block out past the GPU.

Well then try to find some thin tubing, I used a 1/4 inch tube, and stick in really low in your res, and start a siphon, that will get most of the water out, then you can start undoing fittings to get the rest out. If you don't know how to start a siphon, look it up.

[WaavinHicks]

Well then try to find some thin tubing, I used a 1/4 inch tube, and stick in really low in your res, and start a siphon, that will get most of the water out, then you can start undoing fittings to get the rest out. If you don't know how to start a siphon, look it up.

I doubt that will work either, the top of the res only has 3 tiny slots to fill with, is moving a radiator around with coolant in it a bad idea?

[Artem]

Well see if you can find some tubing that will fit in those holes. As long as you're careful, your rad will be fine...

[Altecice]

use some sort of a funnle at the bottom of your res that flows into a bucket via some tubing and then loosen the fittings?

[Leonard]

In your case i would remove the all your watercooling parts as you will be needing to properly wash out the XSPC blood red coolant in preparation for the mayhem's,

[WaavinHicks]

In your case i would remove the all your watercooling parts as you will be needing to properly wash out the XSPC blood red coolant in preparation for the mayhem's,

my plan was to drain the loop, install a drain tap, then flush the loop with just plain distilled water, if there is a tiny bit of distilled water behind it shouldnt matter as im using ice white concentrate then adding purple dye once the loop is filled with ice white

[Leonard]

my plan was to drain the loop, install a drain tap, then flush the loop with just plain distilled water, if there is a tiny bit of distilled water behind it shouldnt matter as im using ice white concentrate then adding purple dye once the loop is filled with ice white

It may matter as EK's dyes tends to gunk up in the pump so if it is not flushed properly it may tint your white. On an up note, it will be a unique color however.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

your pump should be the lowest point. just take one of the tubes off and hold over a jug/bucket.

[WaavinHicks]

This is all I need for a drain tap correct?

 

 

*need the 90° as its a small gap this is going into*

[WaavinHicks]

Drain tap arrived, took me about 2 hours to drain and install the tap in a spot that works, started filling with distilled water to clean the loop up and found more of the old coolant in the loop, how do I make sure there isn't a single drop left?

[BrightCandle]

You take the loop apart, you clean it with hot water and then you put it back together once there is nothing left. Coloured liquid is bad news, you have been lucky that all it did was go an odd colour, I lost a pump and ended up with a radiator that was very nearly dead because of coloured Fezer liquid. Take this warning and replace your liquid with distilled water and get coloured tubing. In the end it will cost you less.

[Amer]

This is why Distilled Water is the best. Don't have to change anything .