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I have two bottles of clear coolant, one is corsair clear and one is EK clear. I usually buy the EK clear but that wasn't available at the time at microcenter. I'm planning to do some water cooling for another system but now have two bottles half empty. what would be the risks of mixing these two coolants? or should I just buy another bottle?

 

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1 hour ago, otacon19 said:

I have two bottles of clear coolant, one is corsair clear and one is EK clear. I usually buy the EK clear but that wasn't available at the time at microcenter. I'm planning to do some water cooling for another system but now have two bottles half empty. what would be the risks of mixing these two coolants? or should I just buy another bottle?

 

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No, I wouldn’t recommend mixing coolants.

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I wouldn't.... Depending on what addatives they use, they may not mix well.

 

Just use DI water and mix this in. No point in buying the premix stuff, just paying a premium for them to ship mostly water to you. https://www.titanrig.com/ekwb-ek-cryofuel-concentrate-pc-coolant-100ml-0375ek010500xx.html?color=198

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On 5/27/2025 at 9:35 PM, LIGISTX said:

I wouldn't.... Depending on what addatives they use, they may not mix well.

 

Just use DI water and mix this in. No point in buying the premix stuff, just paying a premium for them to ship mostly water to you. https://www.titanrig.com/ekwb-ek-cryofuel-concentrate-pc-coolant-100ml-0375ek010500xx.html?color=198

 

On 5/27/2025 at 8:52 PM, JustUseDisplayport said:

No, I wouldn’t recommend mixing coolants.

Alright, thanks for the help 👍

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