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Originally posted by lukasz70
also, im just looking at the booklet that came with it, it says to use the pump fully submerged, i was just wondering if it will make a difference then, b/c alot of ppl run it inline and i want to aswell, will it reduce the life of this pump?
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this is one of those questions that no one wants to answer.
Via's have been used in-line in many, many systems, if not most! The only way to tell for sure, is to try it for yourself: make an in-line test loop (with components), and let it run for an hour or so. Touch the pump to determine how hot it gets, and determine for yourself if that kind of heat level would do anything. In short, if it's still about room temp, you're OK, but if you can't touch it, then it's not.
Now, you can expect the water temp to rise some: that's normal.
Many pumps depend on the coolant to cool themselves, but that's usually accomplished from within the pump housing anyways.
Adding a fan on top/near the pump will do next to nothing, because the casing is plastic, which is an excellent insulator. Gluing heatsink to it will have little/no effect either.