Air bubbles in reservoir ??

[Pete111]

Hello,

I am new to forum and this is my first water cooling (outside the corsair kits)
I have bought a XSPC RayStorm ax 240 d5 photon / pump kit
Pump is on 3/5 speed now.
I have 18h no leaks ;
it's only problem is that my reservoir has so many bubbles
and none in the hoses only in reservoir/ pump
Do they go away after a few days?

How can I fix this or what is the problem?

Does this effect the temperatures of my CPU?

Should I wait until all air bubbles are removed to place the waterblock to the cpu ?


mvg
Peter

 

[Kushiro]

Hi there,

Would I be wrong if I were to assume that you are not using distilled water? Also those bubbles are here to stay, they will decrease but still be there. Though I cant exactly tell you why

Also bubbles in the rez aint a problem if your loop doesnt have any air bubbles. At least I dont think so.

 

[Warchild]

As long as the bubbles are in the tank and not the blocks it should be ok. I assume you have the tank/pump combo vertical and not horizontal?

 

[RizeAllard]

If you cant hear any noise from the tubes or the water block your system will be ok! The bubles will disapear in some days. You should use your rig as many as you can and after some hours open the reservoir to let the high pressure air out of the circuit. Its like in cars balancing reservoi but theres no valve to do it automatically.

I hope it will help you!

 

[Pete111]

Yes i use it vertical
i use freser uv red liquid.

 

[Pete111]

Is it normal that the hose/ reservoir feel a bit warm not cold ?

 

[Warchild]

Shouldnt be a problem for you then. I bet its just micro bubbles inside your rads and blocks gradually working their way to your tank. In time they should all dissipate so you have a nice clear looking liquid in your reservoir.

Is it normal that the hose/ reservoir feel a bit warm not cold ?

Yep its normal, your GPU and CPU generate heat from use of course, so the coolant will gradually get warmer. This is the reason you have fans on the radiators, to cool the liquid in your loop and keep temps low.

You can download a simple app like RealTemp to keep an eye on your temperatures in your cpu and gpu if you want to.

 

[Pete111]

Can i mount waterblock to cpu or i need to wait another 12 h ?

 

[Warchild]

You could have mounted the waterblock to the CPU from the start, just as long as you dont have power running to the motherboard.

 

[SuB]

yea personally I'd have mounted it first ?

Small air bubbles are normal when you first complete a loop. Some of it is to do with hydrogen bonding and stuff, and will disappear once the fluid has gone through a few heat cycles.

If they are still a persistent issue after a week of turning it on/off then I'd say you need to give everything a could tap and shake. If still an issue, then I'd be more concerned.

 

[Pete111]

i have everything installed again and temps are 25 degrees cpu @4.4 ghz

 

[Pete111]

1 day later , bubbles are still there , they dont are less but dont have more neither.

oc to 4.8 ghz ( stable ) still same temp 25 degree;

bubbles seems to have no effect on temperatures !

Ik think its more the feser uv produkt that produce the '' bubbles '' it can ??

 

[Surfie]

I'll be honest, even my loop, which has now been running for a solid 6 months off and on, has some air in the res.

Now, they no longer take the form of bubbles, it is just a gap between the top of my tube res, and the water level. It took a few weeks for the bubbles to stop being bubbles. You just have to be patient. I'm using distilled with an anti-corrosive and microbial agent though, so my fluid may be somewhat less prone to bubbles than the feser - although, i've never heard a bad word about feser before either.

On the plus side, these bubbles will not affect performance in any way, they will simply sit and gather in the res over time, and eventually dissipate.

 

[SuB]

Feser can be a little bubbly at first, being glycol based it takes time to settle, so long as these bubbles are in the res, and your temps seem fine. I honestly wouldn't worry.

 

[KTM_RULZ]

1 day later , bubbles are still there , they dont are less but dont have more neither.

oc to 4.8 ghz ( stable ) still same temp 25 degree;

bubbles seems to have no effect on temperatures !

Ik think its more the feser uv produkt that produce the '' bubbles '' it can ??

4.8GHz and only 25 degrees? Your room temp must be 0 degrees or there's something wrong with the temperature monitoring software...

 

[Surfie]

4.8GHz and only 25 degrees? Your room temp must be 0 degrees or there's something wrong with the temperature monitoring software...

More likely his room temperature is 25 degrees and he has rad overkill...
Edit: or his chip is not under load...

 

[KTM_RULZ]

Well he says he has an XSPC AX240 rad, so there's something off there.

 

[Dragolu]

Even with rad overkill block conduction comes in to play so i agree that either it is a freezer in that room or something is wrong with the temp, unless the reading is as soon as he turns the pc on ( warm up). My 4770k at 4.7 @ 1.35v runs at 35 idle ( 25 room temp) with a 480, 220 and 360 attached to it and a 780.
Regarding the bubbles, the ones in the res don't matter as long as they are not circulating or there is trapped air in the system.

 

[Bartacus]

^ What they said. I have rad overkill too and there's no way that 25C temp is correct. Something is off for sure.

EDIT: and as already stated above, glycol and other additives can get bubbly in the beginning, but will settle down.