Water cooler leak help

[AllHokage]

 Hello,

 

So today I decided to clean/upgrade my PC, I applied some new thermal paste,dusted it out and even installed 16gb more ram. But then I realized there was a small amount of water on the water cooling fans under the radiator. It wasn't much, but I could tell water had been there. So I was wondering is this normal and if not should I just wait a while to see if this is reoccurring before sending it back? 

 

My first thoughts was it was from the aircan as it started to get really cold at times and left some residue, before I took a break.

 

CPU COOLER: Corsair H105

Thanks for the help again everyone!

[AllHokage]

The moisture is in the same spot as last time, so I'm guessing it's a leak

[Chasem121]

There should be absolutely no water anywhere besides inside the cooler.

 

Take it off of your rig before it fries it

[Shiwoon]

If I was you, I'd take it off and test it.

[marvin205]

I thinks you better can take it of and test it. If it works put in back on but keep a eye on it.

[AllHokage]

If I was you, I'd take it off and test it.

And how would I test it with the PC?

[Benji_w]

And how would I test it with the PC?

 

Remove it, plug in a connector from your PSU, use a fan header on the board if it needs one.

 

Wires are magical in that you can connect to them even outside of the case. 

[Nico559]

And how would I test it with the PC?

Are you sure that wasn't fan oil?

[AllHokage]

Are you sure that wasn't fan oil?

Thats why I'm not 100% sure + the fact I was using an aircan what was blowing air at around 7 degrees at some points (estimate).

[Nico559]

Thats why I'm not 100% sure + the fact I was using an aircan what was blowing air at around 7 degrees at some points (estimate).

I saw a little fan oil on some of my generic fans in the front of my case and shit a little bit.  After a little searching, I realized that's all it is.

 

A decent idea is to use a paper towel or toilet paper to dab it up.  Corsair uses a green like coolant.  If whatevers on your fans is green.. you've got a problem

[CookiezFort]

Take it off the PC is your first step.

 

Put it by the side of your pc on top of towels (without your pc running ofc) and plug in onto the powersupply and a fan header if it needs it, (make sure to put the stock cooler onto your PC and remove the overclock before booting into widnows). If it leaks then you should know what it is