how to get the air out of my loop

[jonnyfgm]

So I thought I still had some air in my loop, so I did what I had seen some reccomend which was the shake the system as the pump was on, as I have a XSPC double bay res/pump combo, this allowed the pump to breath air and all it did was shoot a load of air into my loop

since then idle temps have been about 10C higher than usual.

So, what the best way to get the rest of the air out of my loop, I am using an external rad if that changes things.

 

[Firat]

Try fill up the res as much as possible to prevent more air going in, then tilt the case so the 5.25" bays face towards the ceiling this way the res will be the highest point of the system (air rises) then shake make sure the pumps inlet has water to pump .... Gd luck

 

[dugdiamond]

^ i concur.... water will always try to find the shortest route to the lowest point it can get to

 

[jonnyfgm]

see the problem is on my res/pump combo the opening for the pump inlet is quite wide, so it basically takes in water right up the the top of the res, it's as full as I can get it but whenever I tilt it the pump can still breath

I think most of the air is in the radiator at the moment, what I think i'll do is as i'm going to shorten the hose to the radiator anyway i'll take that as an opportunity to flip the radiator upside down and refill it including the tubing that will hook up to the ball valves

 

[Firat]

see the problem is on my res/pump combo the opening for the pump inlet is quite wide, so it basically takes in water right up the the top of the res, it's as full as I can get it but whenever I tilt it the pump can still breath

I think most of the air is in the radiator at the moment, what I think i'll do is as i'm going to shorten the hose to the radiator anyway i'll take that as an opportunity to flip the radiator upside down and refill it including the tubing that will hook up to the ball valves

i used that pump/res as well. fill it up as much as possible (it can be done) then face the drive bay toward the ceiling but as the inlet of the pump is on the side of the pump angle the case so the inlet side of the pump is lower so basically only 1 corner of your case will touch the floor. when you face the res the inlet of the pump will be of the left of the res. Im sure you can do it!!! good luck

 

[jonnyfgm]

ok thanks that seemed to work really well

temps are back down to their normal idle temps

 

[mrDMxtreme]

for future reference, tilt the case in such a way that the inlet of the res is at the bottom.

for example i'm using the xspc dual bay d5 pump/res and the inlet is on the side where the mobo is and so i tilted it on the mobo side, till the mobo was flat, then i keep tilting till the case was kinda upside down, (if you can hold the case in the air this is easier to do) and it insures that you the pump is always fed liquid

 

[jonnyfgm]

that isn't really possible on my pump/res combo as if i was to tilt the case flat so the inlet side of the res was bottom down, then the pump would be breathing air, but i see how that would work with a seperate pump and res

 

[mrDMxtreme]

that isn't really possible on my pump/res combo as if i was to tilt the case flat so the inlet side of the res was bottom down, then the pump would be breathing air, but i see how that would work with a seperate pump and res

this is what i have

and see how the pump is on the right? thats the mobo side when in the case, so i just tilted it that way (so intake is getting all liquid and air goes 'up' which is on the left in this picture. and then you can keep turning it so that the intake is on the other side (so the thing is upside down) and it should always get liquid, no air. not sure if urs is the same. hope this clarified it

 

[jonnyfgm]

yeah that looks different to mine,on yours on the left where the inlet for the pump is there seems to be a plastic construct of some sort which means only water from the middle of the res is sucked into the pump, on mine this is not there and water is sucked into the pump from the bottom to the top of the res