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Blue tint in custom loop

Oskr
By Oskr
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Hey guys. 

 

I am leak testing a new customer loop. It's been running for about 16 hours. 

Luckily I have no leaks. However I noticed a blue tint in the reservoir. 

This seems strange to me as I used only distilled water and a kill coil. 

 

I flush the rads (brand new Alphacool Nexxxos 45) with boiled distilled water and also fresh distilled water from the bottle, before assembling the loop. 

 

Would I be fine if I run the loop as it is or should I clean the loop and refill? 

 

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Thanks! 

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Hey guys. 

 

I am leak testing a new customer loop. It's been running for about 16 hours. 

Luckily I have no leaks. However I noticed a blue tint in the reservoir. 

This seems strange to me as I used only distilled water and a kill coil. 

 

I flush the rads (brand new Alphacool Nexxxos 45) with boiled distilled water and also fresh distilled water from the bottle, before assembling the loop. 

 

Would I be fine if I run the loop as it is or should I clean the loop and refill? 

 

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Thanks! 

I would probably flush it and refill to see if the tint is still there and if it is I would keep flush it and refilling it till it is gone.

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Maybe it's because of the background?

This could be it. Maybe put a piece of white paper behind the reservoir and see if it still there, if not then it is probably just because of what is behind the water normally. If it is still there, I would flush the loop and refill again.

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This could be it. Maybe put a piece of white paper behind the reservoir and see if it still there, if not then it is probably just because of what is behind the water normally. If it is still there, I would flush the loop and refill again.

I thought the same and put a white paper behind the res, unfortunately it's the water.

I'll have to flush it then.

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Sorry, the blocks are Ek, for the cpu is a nickel plated and the GPU is copper.

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