How would you fault find a RAD?

[mojo1990]

Hi everyone

How would you find out if your radiator is not functioning as it should be? I think I may have punctured some parts of my rad when I was screwing my fans on. I have been told that the fins are very delicate so more that likely they are vulnerable to being damaged.

In any case how would you go about fault finding?

I am a little paranoid at the moment but I am seeing little trickles of bubbles coming out from only the tubing that connects to the reservoir (from the rad)..? Is that normal?

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Pat123]

Hi everyone

How would you find out if your radiator is not functioning as it should be? I think I may have punctured some parts of my rad when I was screwing my fans on. I have been told that the fins are very delicate so more that likely they are vulnerable to being damaged.

In any case how would you go about fault finding?

I am a little paranoid at the moment but I am seeing little trickles of bubbles coming out from only the tubing that connects to the reservoir (from the rad)..? Is that normal?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Bubbles are normal for a while when you've just installed a system as air will tend to get trapped inside and will take a little while to clear. Have you inverted the radiator to try and get some of the air out? If there was a hole in the rad i'd assume you would see small amounts of water escaping due to the pressure inside the loop as opposed to bubbles being sucked in.

 

[mojo1990]

Bubbles are normal for a while when you've just installed a system as air will tend to get trapped inside and will take a little while to clear. Have you inverted the radiator to try and get some of the air out? If there was a hole in the rad i'd assume you would see small amounts of water escaping due to the pressure inside the loop as opposed to bubbles being sucked in.

Thanks for the reply

Fortunately I have found no liquid on the radiator or anywhere else, however since this is my first time I am curious about the Temp readings.



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