Made a fluid oopsy

[DarthSmartt]

Earlier this year, I finished building my first custom watercooled rig using the ek a240g. I had ek's cryofuel in it but i drained it and was going to put the primochill vue fluid in, but I found that it does bad things to aluminium. Now I have distilled water and a very diluted amount of the cryofuel concentrate in my loop. Will I be fine with that fluid until I flush it in January next year? I don't see any growth or anything yet.

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, DarthSmartt said:

Earlier this year, I finished building my first custom watercooled rig using the ek a240g. I had ek's cryofuel in it but i drained it and was going to put the primochill vue fluid in, but I found that it does bad things to aluminium. Now I have distilled water and a very diluted amount of the cryofuel concentrate in my loop. Will I be fine with that fluid until I flush it in January next year? I don't see any growth or anything yet.

If the concentration is too low growth can occur in the loop, your going to want to replace the fluid with the proper concentration for it to be effective. 

[DarthSmartt]

Just now, W-L said:

If the concentration is too low growth can occur in the loop, your going to want to replace the fluid with the proper concentration for it to be effective. 

is it bad if I wait until at least summer or something because of school and stuff? It kinda would be a pain to change right now.

[COUPER MILLAR]

you could add a silver kill coil as a hold over to help prevent growth until you can get a proper clean. Not ideal, but should do the job. 

 

Edit - SLIVER AND ALUMINUM SHOULD NOT BE MIXED. 

Edited March 24, 2018 by COUPER MILLAR

[W-L]

1 minute ago, DarthSmartt said:

is it bad if I wait until at least summer or something because of school and stuff? It kinda would be a pain to change right now.

Change it ASAP, if there is build up or growth your going to have more trouble taking apart the loop and cleaning out the blocks than doing so now. 

[DarthSmartt]

Just now, COUPER MILLAR said:

you could add a silver kill coil as a hold over to help prevent growth until you can get a proper clean. Not ideal, but should do the job. 

Just making sure. Can you use those with aluminum?

[SquintyG33Rs]

you'll probably be fine. you can just put tapwater and change it every month and you won't get growth. also it's written on the product page for the vue that it's not for aluminum it's pretty front and center

[COUPER MILLAR]

Oh ya, didn't see that yo are using aluminum. THAT WOULD BE VERY BAD. 

 

[W-L]

1 minute ago, COUPER MILLAR said:

you could add a silver kill coil as a hold over to help prevent growth until you can get a proper clean. Not ideal, but should do the job. 

Just now, DarthSmartt said:

Just making sure. Can you use those with aluminum?

Silver and aluminum are a big no-no your going to get galvanic corrosion. While it will be the silver corroding away to nothing it's not going to be good with that occurring in the loop. 

[DarthSmartt]

1 minute ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

you'll probably be fine. you can just put tapwater and change it every month and you won't get growth. also it's written on the product page for the vue that it's not for aluminum it's pretty front and center

yeah I know.

[DarthSmartt]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

Silver and aluminum are a big no-no your going to get galvanic corrosion. While it will be the silver corroding away to nothing it's not going to be good with that occurring in the loop. 

i have a little bit of the clear stuff in that comes with the a240g but only a little bit because of the oopsy. Could I just take some fluid out and add a different cryofuel color such as red in without draining the whole loop?

[SquintyG33Rs]

3 minutes ago, DarthSmartt said:

yeah I know.

my friend wanted to do the exact same thing and i saw that .

 

also side question where the plugs for the GPU block easy to screw in? it was stupidly hard on his

[DarthSmartt]

1 minute ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

my friend wanted to do the exact same thing and i saw that .

 

also side question where the plugs for the GPU block easy to screw in? it was stupidly hard on his

The gpu plugs in the kit sucked! one went in fine but the other was leaking, but very slowly. I put a little bit Teflon tape around it and it is fine.

[W-L]

2 minutes ago, DarthSmartt said:

i have a little bit of the clear stuff in that comes with the a240g but only a little bit because of the oopsy. Could I just take some fluid out and add a different cryofuel color such as red in without draining the whole loop?

You won't know the exact concentration doing it that way, your already draining the loop to add more fluid so it wouldn't be any harder to remove the current fluid and replace it. 

[DarthSmartt]

2 minutes ago, W-L said:

You won't know the exact concentration doing it that way, your already draining the loop to add more fluid so it wouldn't be any harder to remove the current fluid and replace it. 

I was just going to take a giant sarynge and pull some fluid out of the res and put the red in. Whould that be bad. They are both cryofuel fluids.

[SquintyG33Rs]

Just now, DarthSmartt said:

The gpu plugs in the kit sucked! one went in fine but the other was leaking, but very slowly. I put a little bit Teflon tape around it and it is fine.

oh why did i not think of teflon tape, fucking standard plumbing shit, i feel so dumb.

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, DarthSmartt said:

I was just going to take a giant sarynge and pull some fluid out of the res and put the red in. Whould that be bad. They are both cryofuel fluids.

You can but it just won't be super precise for the proper mix ratio. 

[DarthSmartt]

Just now, W-L said:

You can but it just won't be super precise for the proper mix ratio. 

Good enough for me. Thanks. The clear and the red will mix good right? That's probably a stupid question.

[W-L]

4 minutes ago, DarthSmartt said:

Good enough for me. Thanks. The clear and the red will mix good right? That's probably a stupid question.

Yeah the cryofuels can be mixed together if needed.