Radiator Trouble! Help

Bootup05 · 08-14-2006, 03:25 AM

Hey guys,

Took my watercooling system out of my setup a few hours ago to internally install it, have noticed, that, once my pump starts up, when the tubing is filled up the rad will leak water out of it, it flows out at the pressure of the pump, but I cant actually see that any bubles are being made in the system, theres still just a straight flow

Anyway, the weird thing is that, once this water has come out that it pushes out, i still have a full tank and the system is fine, runs smooth and the rad dont leak at all.

Is this normal, didnt happen last time I had it running

Anyone know?

The place where it leaks is in the corner, like where a screw hole is to mount a fan.

Bootup05 · 08-14-2006, 03:30 AM

Right, now the damn things leaking again!

Had this thing under a month!

Think its time for a new rad, that the only place it leaks!

InFlames_44 · 08-14-2006, 05:23 AM

Thats not cool.leaking water system.
What a nice thing to worry about hey?

Bootup05 · 08-14-2006, 05:12 PM

Have now found the leak, found out that it was because one of the screws that I have put in has been pushed down to far and punctured the rad line.

Its in sort of a metal cage bit which would be perfect for silicon sealant.
Have googled around a bit on sealing radiators and Im going to buy some..apply it and leak test it for 24 hours.

Hope it works!

Bootup05 · 08-15-2006, 07:13 AM

OMG Im so ****ing lucky!!!!!!

Been a absolute nightmare tonight

The only good news is that I fixed my rad and my system is now back up and running.

First of all, I had £60 worth of stuff on ebay about to end, what do ebay do?
Well, RIGHT before all the listings end they remove all of my items and disable my account, and don't send me an email untill a couple of hours after explaining what the hells going on, Found out, that they somehow think that the items that I have listed have been listed on my account by a third party and have not been authorised by me, have no idea how they worked that out!

Luckily enough I can use my mums account to relist these items!

Just hope ebay don't bugger it up again!

Secondly, this one really scared me for a moment.
As I was putting my CPU block back onto the CPU i think I somehow snapped a capacitor off of the board.

No idea how I did this as I can't even remember touching them, But as I moved my case I see something on the floor that looked like part of my board, like most people, I had stacks of stuff going through my head at this time, just thought that I had lost an £80 board and was thinking about how on earth I was going to get the money to replace it!

But luckily enough again, I brought the system upstairs, turned it on, got the mobo light on, that was the 1st sign of a good thing, then I switched the system on, all the fans started spinning and hard drive started up, But my main concern was wheather it would POST or not, or even display a message on the monitor, to my disbelief it actually did and boots into windows fine with no problems at all!

But boy what a night, I recon its my worst this year!
Don't want to have another night like this for a very long time thats for sure!

08-14-2006, 03:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	Radiator Trouble! Help Hey guys, Took my watercooling system out of my setup a few hours ago to internally install it, have noticed, that, once my pump starts up, when the tubing is filled up the rad will leak water out of it, it flows out at the pressure of the pump, but I cant actually see that any bubles are being made in the system, theres still just a straight flow Anyway, the weird thing is that, once this water has come out that it pushes out, i still have a full tank and the system is fine, runs smooth and the rad dont leak at all. Is this normal, didnt happen last time I had it running Anyone know? The place where it leaks is in the corner, like where a screw hole is to mount a fan. __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

08-14-2006, 03:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	Right, now the damn things leaking again! Had this thing under a month! Think its time for a new rad, that the only place it leaks! __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

08-14-2006, 05:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	Have now found the leak, found out that it was because one of the screws that I have put in has been pushed down to far and punctured the rad line. Its in sort of a metal cage bit which would be perfect for silicon sealant. Have googled around a bit on sealing radiators and Im going to buy some..apply it and leak test it for 24 hours. Hope it works! __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

08-15-2006, 07:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bootup05 Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Essex, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,266	OMG Im so **ing lucky!!!!!! Been a absolute nightmare tonight The only good news is that I fixed my rad and my system is now back up and running. First of all, I had £60 worth of stuff on ebay about to end, what do ebay do? Well, RIGHT before all the listings end they remove all of my items and disable my account, and don't send me an email untill a couple of hours after explaining what the hells going on, Found out, that they somehow think that the items that I have listed have been listed on my account by a third party and have not been authorised by me, have no idea how they worked that out! Luckily enough I can use my mums account to relist these items! Just hope ebay don't bugger it up again! Secondly, this one really scared me for a moment. As I was putting my CPU block back onto the CPU i think I somehow snapped a capacitor off of the board. No idea how I did this as I can't even remember touching them, But as I moved my case I see something on the floor that looked like part of my board, like most people, I had stacks of stuff going through my head at this time, just thought that I had lost an £80 board and was thinking about how on earth I was going to get the money to replace it! But luckily enough again, I brought the system upstairs, turned it on, got the mobo light on, that was the 1st sign of a good thing, then I switched the system on, all the fans started spinning and hard drive started up, But my main concern was wheather it would POST or not, or even display a message on the monitor, to my disbelief it actually did and boots into windows fine with no problems at all! But boy what a night, I recon its my worst this year! Don't want to have another night like this for a very long time thats for sure! __________________ Main System Proccy - Intel E6400 @ 3440 \| Mobo - P5B DLX \| RAM - 2GB TwinX 6400 C5 \| GPU - 96GT HDD - WD 400GB Caviar SE - WD 320GB Caviar SE - 160GB Seagate Ext Monitor - Asus 19" Wide LCD \| PSU - Tagan 600W Dual Engine \| Soundcard - SB Live Ext 24 Heatsink - S Infinity \| Optical** - Pioneer DVDRW \| OS - Vista Ult64 SP1

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08-14-2006, 05:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
InFlames_44 Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 323	Thats not cool.leaking water system. What a nice thing to worry about hey?