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Originally Posted by MMZ_TimeLord
Okay, I got the plates soldered on tonight. Although I think I may use the oven tomorrow to DE-solder them... I have a feeling there is a big blob of solder in one of the passages... just a hunch, but I'd rather find out now than when I try to run this in the system. 
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What solder are you using? If it's plumbing solder are you adding flux? If not I'd be very surprised it that has taken or sealed fully. I use electrical solder myself because it contains a fluxed core and flows much better.
It's not easy to see from the images but, if you were to heat it up again with a "blow lamp"
and add flux to the join area it may flow better and "take". If you get it nice and hot any "lumps" in channels will dissolve away as you flux the edges.
I did use the oven method to begin with but the blow lamp electric solder / additional flux works better imo.
here is what I'd expect it to look like if the solder had flowed nicely and seal joined both parts well:-
