Clean inside waterblock

bdunosk · 07-08-2002, 02:40 PM

Does anyone know of a good way to clean out the inside of a waterblock? The temperatures of my system don't seem too spectacular, and since the block is third-hand... I'm just not sure if it could be crap in the channels. It could also be that someone tightened the barbs too much, because the flow doesn't look spectacular after I plug in the blocks.

For the sake of completeness, it's an Athlon XP 1.53 @ 1.67 and a GF3 ti200 (other parts are in sig). Ambient is probably around 26*C, CPU @ 37*C. Seems a bit high to me, but who knows.

Thanks in advance.

bigben2k · 07-08-2002, 02:55 PM

Dtek sells a cleaning kit.

Personally, I'd try a mild acid, like lemon juice.

MeltMan · 07-08-2002, 03:09 PM

lime-away or CLR will get out any bathroom fungus you've got growing in there, plus dissolve any hard water leftovers and whatnot.

bdunosk · 07-08-2002, 03:23 PM

Gee, thanks for the quick replies!

07-08-2002, 02:40 PM	#1
bdunosk Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 93	Clean inside waterblock Does anyone know of a good way to clean out the inside of a waterblock? The temperatures of my system don't seem too spectacular, and since the block is third-hand... I'm just not sure if it could be crap in the channels. It could also be that someone tightened the barbs too much, because the flow doesn't look spectacular after I plug in the blocks. For the sake of completeness, it's an Athlon XP 1.53 @ 1.67 and a GF3 ti200 (other parts are in sig). Ambient is probably around 26C, CPU @ 37C. Seems a bit high to me, but who knows. Thanks in advance.

07-08-2002, 02:55 PM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Dtek sells a cleaning kit. Personally, I'd try a mild acid, like lemon juice. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

07-08-2002, 03:09 PM	#3
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	lime-away or CLR will get out any bathroom fungus you've got growing in there, plus dissolve any hard water leftovers and whatnot. __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

07-08-2002, 03:23 PM	#4
bdunosk Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2001 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 93	Gee, thanks for the quick replies!

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