Watercooling Question Help Please

Pucci--Luda · 03-11-2004, 06:10 PM

Hey guys, i really need your help

i had to despratly clean my water loop from God knows what but i got it all cleaned out but when i cleaned it I ran some Palmolive (dish soap) through the loop, this was the only i could clean it.

I refilled everything and some suds still remain from the soap

Is there any harm to this?

Should I empty and refill?

Or is there anything i can do to get rid of the suds

PLEASE HELP

Dont want to run the system that long if i need to do something fast

thanks

RoboTech · 03-11-2004, 10:19 PM

Personally, I would drain and refill. A LITTLE soap in the coolant can be a good thing as soap is a surfactant, which reduces the surface tension of water and theoretically can improve heat transfer. But you have way too much if you are getting sudsing. Suds (air bubbles) doesn't conduct/transport heat very well. You may have to flush and fill several times with distilled water to get most of it out.

bigben2k · 03-11-2004, 10:57 PM

I concur.

The easiest thing to do is to flush it out, and that means using clean (soap free) water to do it. So you could run a tap line through the loop, then rinse it off with a gallon or two of distilled water (58cents a gallon, right?), just to make sure that you don't have any accumulated minerals.

Then again the 2 gallon flush alone might do it, it depends on the quantity of soap you used.

Maximilium · 03-12-2004, 10:33 AM

You can also put destilled water with bleach to clean the system, i had a litle incident with one water aditive that end up making my tubing pink, i ran water and bleach for 30 min, and the pink color whent away.

Inferno Acid · 03-12-2004, 11:51 AM

doenst bleach corrode like a mofo?

feathers · 03-12-2004, 01:10 PM

Yes, but he don't leave the bleach there now do he?

It's a good way to clean out your system and then replace with regular coolant.

Maximilium · 03-12-2004, 01:19 PM

After 30 min i flush the system twice to make sure all the bleach is out, i used 1/2 cup mix with 1 galon of destiled water.

|kbn| · 03-12-2004, 02:34 PM

for flushing normal tap water is fine... you wont need to flush the tap water out after, just replace it with the coolant you want to use. I use de-ionised water, hopefuly Ive got enough left for when i refill, as i cant be arsed to goto the shop to get more

03-11-2004, 06:10 PM	#1
Pucci--Luda Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 4	Watercooling Question Help Please Hey guys, i really need your help i had to despratly clean my water loop from God knows what but i got it all cleaned out but when i cleaned it I ran some Palmolive (dish soap) through the loop, this was the only i could clean it. I refilled everything and some suds still remain from the soap Is there any harm to this? Should I empty and refill? Or is there anything i can do to get rid of the suds PLEASE HELP Dont want to run the system that long if i need to do something fast thanks

03-11-2004, 10:57 PM	#3
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	I concur. The easiest thing to do is to flush it out, and that means using clean (soap free) water to do it. So you could run a tap line through the loop, then rinse it off with a gallon or two of distilled water (58cents a gallon, right?), just to make sure that you don't have any accumulated minerals. Then again the 2 gallon flush alone might do it, it depends on the quantity of soap you used. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

03-12-2004, 10:33 AM	#4
Maximilium Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 68	You can also put destilled water with bleach to clean the system, i had a litle incident with one water aditive that end up making my tubing pink, i ran water and bleach for 30 min, and the pink color whent away. __________________ Maximilium

03-12-2004, 01:19 PM	#7
Maximilium Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 68	After 30 min i flush the system twice to make sure all the bleach is out, i used 1/2 cup mix with 1 galon of destiled water. __________________ Maximilium

03-11-2004, 10:19 PM	#2
RoboTech Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 229	Personally, I would drain and refill. A LITTLE soap in the coolant can be a good thing as soap is a surfactant, which reduces the surface tension of water and theoretically can improve heat transfer. But you have way too much if you are getting sudsing. Suds (air bubbles) doesn't conduct/transport heat very well. You may have to flush and fill several times with distilled water to get most of it out.

03-12-2004, 11:51 AM	#5
Inferno Acid Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Holland Posts: 8	doenst bleach corrode like a mofo?

03-12-2004, 01:10 PM	#6
feathers Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK Posts: 81	Yes, but he don't leave the bleach there now do he? It's a good way to clean out your system and then replace with regular coolant.

03-12-2004, 02:34 PM	#8
\|kbn\| Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: W. Sussex, UK Posts: 329	for flushing normal tap water is fine... you wont need to flush the tap water out after, just replace it with the coolant you want to use. I use de-ionised water, hopefuly Ive got enough left for when i refill, as i cant be arsed to goto the shop to get more

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