Radiator cleaning when new

[Chiobe]

How clean should the radiator be before its recommended to use it?

 

I have done 6-7 passes of hot distiled water with about 1 minute of shaking each time, its still not 100% clean (maybe 90% clean).

 

But I'm running out of distiled water and cant get it localy in any stores.

 

So can I run with it?

[Enderman]

you should run it for several hours with tap water, then do the final passes with distilled water

 

because if you only use distilled water, youre gonna need a lot of it

[Chiobe]

because if you only use distilled water, youre gonna need a lot of it

Yeah, have already used 6 of the 9 liters I have available.

 

But does it need to be fully clean?

[Enderman]

Yeah, have already used 6 of the 9 liters I have available.

 

But does it need to be fully clean?

yes it needs to be fully clean because otherwise you will get that crap stuck in your waterblocks

 

just run hot tap water through it for half a day or an entire day, then use the rest of your distilled water to clean the tap water out and it should be good

[Najuno]

Yeah, have already used 6 of the 9 liters I have available.

 

But does it need to be fully clean?

There will always fall off some stuff later but I usually run my loop 24h in test before I put it on my hardware and clean it afterwards. That way may loops last easy for 9-12 months without maintenance. But also depending on the coolant. If you use just distilled water with a silver kill coil I found that to last the longest.

[Chiobe]

Hocking it up to hot tap water an let it run for 5 minutes, seemed to do the trick.

 

Then I flushed once more with destilled water. I'm going to use ek coolant, so it should not be a problem if there are a few water drops left.

[LeighPing]

So you ask a question and the best answer is your own answer? Maybe it's best just to ask yourself next time.

[Chiobe]

So you ask a question and the best answer is your own answer? Maybe it's best just to ask yourself next time.

I took the advice of the others, but came up with my own solution, so thats what I put as answer

[LeighPing]

I took the advice of the others, but came up with my own solution, so thats what I put as answer

 

So you 'took' anothers answer then you plagiarising thief! Your loop will die of aids now.