Removing the bubbles

[r3uz0r]

Hey everyone. I just installed my first wc kit and everything is going ok so far. My only problem are the bubbles. I know everyone gets them when setting up the system, but I have a gazillion of tiny bubbles. I've tried to shake the computer in every direction, change the bomb speed, turning on and off, shake the tubes a little bit.. everything I can think of. Also, I can hear it fizzing a lot. I'm using distilled water, but prolly I got the worst ever made, I dont know.

Here's a pic of what it looks like inside the tubes:
http://i.imgur.com/frQD1.jpg -> when its on
http://i.imgur.com/BEzgd.jpg -> when its off

I'm using the xspc d5 rx360 kit. do you know any other solution for this? or could it be the distilled water?
This whole bubble removal thing is going on now for about 3 hours.

thank you very much, r3uz0r

 

[NRG!]

Try reducing the d5 to the minimum speed. If bubbles are circulating or you hear fizzing it's because the pump is sucking in air and re-circulating it.

Make sure the res isn't too empty as well.

 

[r3uz0r]

alright, I will try that, tks for the reply!

 

[andrewmchugh]

Try and get the loop fairly warm. The heat will help budge them.

 

[Scoob]

I just like to second turning the D5 down. I have a D5 and it's a VERY powerful pump. On full (which mine is set to) it powers through my external 1080 rad, along three feet of pipe into my case, through TWO GPU blocks in parallel flow and on to the CPU block. Then it's all the way back to the bay res on the side of my rad chassis and it still launches out hard enough that I have to have the res top on* lol.

* Res is virtically mounted on the side of my rad chassis with the pipes going in at the bottom. The "in" (back from PC) hole has a tall pipe going about half-way up the res, the "out" (into the pump) has a much shorter pipe.

The force of the water leaving the res, when it's anything other than full, sees the jet break the surface and trap air. That is then drawn in to the pump (it's bloody powerful) and zooms around the loop. With a bay res possibly your in/out are closer together so, while not creating bubbles like mine, it is sucking them around again before they have the chance to rise to the surface. It's a powerful pump on full

Damn good pumps though Mine's so quiet I thought I had it on low (1) when it was on full (5) and it's externally mounted too.

For harder to get to bubbles / air locks, I literally pick up the case (CM 690 II) and tip it 180 degrees slowly, then back again, while the loop (but not PC) is running. Using parallel flow I always get an air bubble in a particular pipe, and that's the only way to get rid of it. However, after doing that once I'm usually bubble-free, bar the odd micro-bubble that usually takes care of its self, IF the res is fully topped up.

Water cooling is fun.

Scoob.