My tubing smells like pinesol, make it stop make it stop!!!

starbuck3733t · 05-17-2004, 11:52 PM

A while back I had a problem with light-greenish-white buildup in my tubing.

Coolant at that time was distilled water from wallmart (about 1Liter worth) and a capful of water wetter.

I ran *sol (50% lysol, 50% pinesol) through my tubing for a few hours to clean it up. it seemed to do a pretty good job, even though the tubing was still sorta hazy. Afterwards, I hooked it up to the laundry machine's tap and blew tapwater through the loop for about an hour afterwards, to rinse out any crap.

I refilled the loop with distlled water, but added AquaComputer ACFluid this time, as i was told it wouldn't produce buildup, and still give me anticorrosive properties. My loop is all copper/brass to the best of my knowledge (see sig for rig details). ACfluid at 1% concentration, BlueMotion dye at 1% concentration (10mL measured out with a syringe)

Afterwards, my loop still smelled like pinesol, but I figured it was just an incidental. I didn't smell it while it was operating, but I could still smell it when I'd sniff the reservior or tubing.

3 months later, I drained the system to install my silenstar dual HDD enclosure, and my tubing now has pure white cloudyness in it, and it STILL SMELLS OF PINESOL.

I'm going to replace the tubing this time (clearflex 60 as before), and hope that it was just the cloudyness left over. What should I do to clean it out so I don't get this craptastic buildup again??

kronchev · 05-18-2004, 01:09 AM

um

well, you ran stuff through it, and itll always stain the tubing, either with color or smell. at least its just the tubing, which is really cheap to replace...

AntiBling · 05-18-2004, 07:43 PM

Replacing tubing is much easier than having to figure out how to route it all the first time.

If light can get to your coolant I would suggest blocking the light.

05-17-2004, 11:52 PM	#1
starbuck3733t Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: State College, PA Posts: 338	My tubing smells like pinesol, make it stop make it stop!!! A while back I had a problem with light-greenish-white buildup in my tubing. Coolant at that time was distilled water from wallmart (about 1Liter worth) and a capful of water wetter. I ran sol (50% lysol, 50% pinesol) through my tubing for a few hours to clean it up. it seemed to do a pretty good job, even though the tubing was still sorta hazy. Afterwards, I hooked it up to the laundry machine's tap and blew tapwater through the loop for about an hour afterwards, to rinse out any crap. I refilled the loop with distlled water, but added AquaComputer ACFluid this time, as i was told it wouldn't produce buildup, and still give me anticorrosive properties. My loop is all copper/brass to the best of my knowledge (see sig for rig details). ACfluid at 1% concentration, BlueMotion dye at 1% concentration (10mL measured out with a syringe) Afterwards, my loop still smelled like pinesol, but I figured it was just an incidental. I didn't smell it while it was operating, but I could still smell it when I'd sniff the reservior or tubing. 3 months later, I drained the system to install my silenstar dual HDD enclosure, and my tubing now has pure white cloudyness in it, and it STILL SMELLS OF PINESOL. I'm going to replace the tubing this time (clearflex 60 as before), and hope that it was just the cloudyness left over. What should I do to clean it out so I don't get this craptastic buildup again?? __________________ Goliath:* 3.4E@3.91/Abit IC7, Maze4 (temporarily) + custom splitter to crazy 4-way watercooling parallel loop: X800XT @ 520/1280 + AC Twinplex, AC Twinplex Northbridge, Silenstar Dual HDD Cooler, Eheim1250, '85 econoline van HC + 2x120, 1x120 exhaust - polished aluminum frame panaflo L1As, 2x18GB 10K RPM U160 SCSI, 4GB PC4000. I wanna be BladeRunner when I grow up! Project Goliath - nearing completion.

05-18-2004, 01:09 AM	#2
kronchev Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lawrenceville, NJ Posts: 254	um well, you ran stuff through it, and itll always stain the tubing, either with color or smell. at least its just the tubing, which is really cheap to replace... __________________ Ghetto riggin'!

05-18-2004, 07:43 PM	#3
AntiBling Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: orlando FL Posts: 147	Replacing tubing is much easier than having to figure out how to route it all the first time. If light can get to your coolant I would suggest blocking the light.

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