Brownish water (Help)

[n4lrah]

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[C0LL0SS0S]

that looks unhelathy maybe you need to flush it even more, has the color changed between your two flushes ?

[n4lrah]

- The water is the same color as last time.

- Yes, but I did clean the rads with mayhems blitz pro, should mention that the rads are alphacool xt45s, its just weird that it takes 2 days and overnight the water turns from clear to brownish.

 

Besides a flush, I would like to know if someone has experienced the same? Is it corrosion (I have nickle and copper in the loop)? So that I can prevent it from happening.

[Just The Tips]

I hate to break it to you, but I think your loop is lactose intolerant 

[Shaqo_Wyn]

I'm using distilled water only and primochill LRT tubing. I should add I used Mayhems pro blitz cleaning part 1 to clean my rads before putting the system together.

 

 

Did you actually clean the rads by filling them up at least a few times with, for example tap water, covering the holes and shaking the hell out of them to release and extract the manufacturing gunk? Or did you just do test runs within the loop + Blitz hoping the water circulation would do that for you?

 

Nickel and copper can go together AFAIK, it's aluminum that messes things up. Also if you're referring to the nickel plating on your water blocks this doesn't come in contact with the water as the inner water block is still copper.

 

I suggest you dismantle everything, skip the Mayhems blitz and clean those rads and all of your other components the old fashioned way. I.E. multiple goes at fill with tap water, close off ports, give a good shaking, drain, rinse and repeat. You can do the final one or two rinses with distilled water. Then do some test runs outside your case with no components attached to the water blocks. Leave em for 2 days to see if it turns brown again or not.

 

Do you have a biocide in there? A silver kill coil or I&H DeadWater?

[n4lrah]

The rads were cleaned by the following process:

1. Shake with distilled 2 times

2. 2 hours with Mayhems pro blitz, shaking every 10 mins. (yes I actually did that), then flushed with distilled water 2 times.

 

I have no biocide or kill coil, I wanted to just go with distilled water, however surely 48 hours is not enough to turn water brownish/murky because lack of either?

[Shaqo_Wyn]

The rads were cleaned by the following process:

1. Shake with distilled 2 times

2. 2 hours with Mayhems pro blitz, shaking every 10 mins. (yes I actually did that), then flushed with distilled water 2 times.

 

I have no biocide or kill coil, I wanted to just go with distilled water, however surely 48 hours is not enough to turn water brownish/murky because lack of either?

 

No, growth in your loop doesn't happen that fast. Not having a biocide or kill coil for a few days shouldn't cause that severe degradation.

 

All I can think of is it being that Mayhems Blitz Pro.. under specifications on the performance-pcs website they warn not to use it with plated water blocks. http://www.performance-pcs.com/mayhems-blitz-pro-cleaning-system.html#Specifications 

 

It seems to be safe for use with copper and brass.

[n4lrah]

Not sure if my blocks are plated: 

 

These are the blocks installed in the sys:

2x http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc770-gtx-dcii-acetal-nickel.html

1x http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/cpu-blocks/supremacy-evo/ek-supremacy-evo-full-copper-original-csq.html

bitspower fittings

Alphacool nexxxos xt45s

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Not sure if my blocks are plated: 

 

These are the blocks installed in the sys:

2x http://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc770-gtx-dcii-acetal-nickel.html

1x http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/cpu-blocks/supremacy-evo/ek-supremacy-evo-full-copper-original-csq.html

bitspower fittings

Alphacool nexxxos xt45s

 

The CPU block isn't but your GPU blocks are. Acetal + Nickel is a water block with an acetal cover and a nickel plated copper water block. 

 

You could try the above mentioned cleaning process and skip the Mayhems Blitz this time. Clean everything and use fresh tubing if you have it.

 

Let me know how it goes.  

[Skrizzles]

Just gotta run and flush until clear.Take it out of your system and let it run next to a sink or tub. Get several gallons of distilled water. Every time it turns brown, dump and refill. It will clear itself out, eventually.