Not sure what's going on.....

[RandomBadger]

Hey guys, quick question. Im currently filling my loop and I only have the atx plugged into the psu and the molex to the pump, now the pump was taking the water I was making sure I didn't let the pump go dry but it's stopped taking water only after about just over half a litre of liquid but no signs of the water moving with the power on.

Any ideas?

 

[Kilbane]

Is the pump still spinning? Sounds a silly question, but have to ask lol
What is in the loop?

 

[RandomBadger]

Doesn't seem to being doing anything now but was before :s

 

[Kilbane]

1st thing to check then, is it getting power? If it was spinning you should be able to hear it or feel a slight vibration.

 

[RandomBadger]

Yeah it's vibrating and I can see water moving but it's not full and isn't taking any more water as such

 

[MrKambo]

sounds like a air lock to me, if its not a air lock, then the pump is dead/dying

What pump is it?

 

[Kilbane]

whats in the loop? post a pic if you can, makes everything a lot easier.

 

[RandomBadger]

sounds like a air lock to me, if its not a air lock, then the pump is dead/dying

What pump is it?

It's EK X-res 140 d5 pwm

whats in the loop? post a pic if you can, makes everything a lot easier.

That's a pic, the water is moving slowly but not filling up or taking more liquid from the res

 

[Kilbane]

Air locked I would say. Need to move it all around to get the air to move from rads. Turn the pump off. Let it settle, then try again.

 

[MrKambo]

Funny you should say that, exactly what my EK D5 was doing before it died, im assuming you're running it at maximum speed?

 

[RandomBadger]

Air locked I would say. Need to move it all around to get the air to move from rads. Turn the pump off. Let it settle, then try again.

That's what I'm doing but it's not making much of a difference.

Funny you should say that, exactly what my EK D5 was doing before it died, im assuming you're running it at maximum speed?

Don't say that aha I have no control over the speed, but atm it doesn't seem flow that fast not sure if it's meant to lol


I've attached a pic of what's in the loop.

 

[Warchild]

I had the same problem. Basically I learned the hard way about not flushing my radiators and the CPU block literally got blocked from the flux. Ergo, the flow was severely limited and produced a bad trickle like you showed above.

 

[RandomBadger]

The water level in the res has gone down about 2cm, that a good sign? But this pump is super quite and doesn't vibrate a great deal that bad or good

 

[Kushiro]

Sounds like the air is getting bled out. Did you place paper towels around all the fittings to help check for leaks?

 

[RandomBadger]

Sounds like the air is getting bled out. Did you place paper towels around all the fittings to help check for leaks?

Yeah got paper towel and every joint and fitting and no signs of any red marks.

 

[shambles1980]

sorry if im missing it.. But where is your res. and you dont put the lid back on do you?
also is it a tube res with a return pipe that takes the return water below the water line? if it is do you have it upside down.
also the res is above the pump correct? that way gravity feeds the pump..

the way i see it, there should be standing water at least at the lower level of the lowest intake tube on the rad (im assuming it goes res > pump >420 >block>block 240>res)

that would mean at least one tube for the 420 (the one directly fed from the pump) would have fluid in it even if the pump was never ran at all and gravity did all the work. "unless the pump is lower than it"

 

[RandomBadger]

sorry if im missing it.. But where is your res. and you dont put the lid back on do you?
also is it a tube res with a return pipe that takes the return water below the water line? if it is do you have it upside down.
also the res is above the pump correct? that way gravity feeds the pump..

the way i see it, there should be standing water at least at the lower level of the lowest intake tube on the rad (im assuming it goes res > pump >420 >block>block 240>res)

that would mean at least one tube for the 420 (the one directly fed from the pump) would have fluid in it even if the pump was never ran at all and gravity did all the work. "unless the pump is lower than it"

It's a res pump combo and it's located above the psu in the other compartment, picture attached.

It's a 360 and 240 Rads. And it goes... Res>Pump>240 rad>CPU>GPU>360 rad>Res

 

[shambles1980]

well fill the res all the way up. do not put the stopper back in. just wait a bit and you should see the water go in to the pipe that is heading fro the rad. make sure that you get as much of that water in to the pipe as you can before you power on the pump.

p.s you may find it easier to fill if you go res pump 360 etc..

 

[RandomBadger]

well fill the res all the way up. do not put the stopper back in. just wait a bit and you should see the water go in to the pipe that is heading fro the rad. make sure that you get as much of that water in to the pipe as you can before you power on the pump.

p.s you may find it easier to fill if you go res pump 360 etc..

Cheers for your help peeps.

It seems there's only a few little air pockets left, I'm gonna leave it to run over night and see where I'm at in the morning and take it from there I'll let you all know how it goes, you will be first to know if something's wrong aha I'm done for the night.