damn bubbles!

ColdFlare · 09-11-2002, 04:31 PM

I just got my watercooling system parts in the mail today. Soem of you have been following my post about to buy my water cooling kit.

Well I have it setup, its the eheim to the maze3 to the heatercore, and there is a T between the heater core to the eheim the highest part of the system. Well I set it all up in the bathtub under water well, there was some bubbles down there mostly very little ones that i wasnt able to get out.

Well I dried my system and took it out of the bathroom and into my system. Its leak testing right now, well I can see damn bubbles going thru my tygon. Is this normal? There are tiny tiny tiny little bubbles that are on the walls of the tygon. I dunno if this is normal tho, as soon as i find out i will install the system.

TonyM · 09-11-2002, 04:39 PM

Its normal you have to bubbles, let your system bleed out all the air. For me i got most of mine out in a few hours, but for some people to totally bleed their sytem it can take days. Sounds to me like you dont have an airtrap in the loop, consider adding one to get rid of those bubbles, if you dont the bubbles will kill your ability to get maximum cooling performance out of your system.

ColdFlare · 09-11-2002, 04:46 PM

I have a Tee line that has about 2 inch of tubing going up from the highest point of the system. It is capped off tho.

airspirit · 09-11-2002, 05:34 PM

You SHOULD be able to uncap that line. Since the pump is creating positive pressure on the front and negative on the back and water weight is keeping air from invading the system, you shouldn't have a geyser. With that said, is there room for air in that tube? If there isn't, take a syringe/turkey baster/straw (um ... ) and drain some room so there is an air gap at the top of the bleed/fill line. Keep the system running for a while, and eventually your bubbles will bleed out (bang on your system and tip it around to help them work free ... just don't cause your trapped air to get reconsumed into the loop). It is damn near impossible to fill a system without any bubbles in it.

09-11-2002, 04:31 PM	#1
ColdFlare Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 42	damn bubbles! I just got my watercooling system parts in the mail today. Soem of you have been following my post about to buy my water cooling kit. Well I have it setup, its the eheim to the maze3 to the heatercore, and there is a T between the heater core to the eheim the highest part of the system. Well I set it all up in the bathtub under water well, there was some bubbles down there mostly very little ones that i wasnt able to get out. Well I dried my system and took it out of the bathroom and into my system. Its leak testing right now, well I can see damn bubbles going thru my tygon. Is this normal? There are tiny tiny tiny little bubbles that are on the walls of the tygon. I dunno if this is normal tho, as soon as i find out i will install the system.

09-11-2002, 05:34 PM	#4
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	You SHOULD be able to uncap that line. Since the pump is creating positive pressure on the front and negative on the back and water weight is keeping air from invading the system, you shouldn't have a geyser. With that said, is there room for air in that tube? If there isn't, take a syringe/turkey baster/straw (um ... ) and drain some room so there is an air gap at the top of the bleed/fill line. Keep the system running for a while, and eventually your bubbles will bleed out (bang on your system and tip it around to help them work free ... just don't cause your trapped air to get reconsumed into the loop). It is damn near impossible to fill a system without any bubbles in it. __________________ #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied

09-11-2002, 04:39 PM	#2
TonyM Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mount Prospect Posts: 78	Its normal you have to bubbles, let your system bleed out all the air. For me i got most of mine out in a few hours, but for some people to totally bleed their sytem it can take days. Sounds to me like you dont have an airtrap in the loop, consider adding one to get rid of those bubbles, if you dont the bubbles will kill your ability to get maximum cooling performance out of your system.

09-11-2002, 04:46 PM	#3
ColdFlare Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 42	I have a Tee line that has about 2 inch of tubing going up from the highest point of the system. It is capped off tho.

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