need watercooling help (anti-foam)

Tomcat81970 · Feb 10, 2008

well i installed my watercooling kit today... the lover's edition from petra's tech shop. however, i put alittle bit of soap on the barps so i can more easly put the 7/16 tubing on the 1/2 barbs... and well needless to say now my tubes look like a white cloud full of foam... any ideas on how to get rid of the bubbles (without draining and cleaning the tubes/blocks/radiator/pump)... like an anti foaming liquid?

Dr. Spankenstein · Feb 10, 2008

With the amount of foaming you descibe, probably not. I'm not sure what anti-foaming agent consist of. I would be aprehensive to "add" anything else to the mix.

Looks like it's time for your first "flush", tubes, rad and all!

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 11, 2008

I used to use saliva to wet the barbs to get the tubes on.

Dr. Spankenstein · Feb 11, 2008

Or, keep a bowl of hot water handy....

erocker · Feb 11, 2008

Absolutely flush it. Soap can be corrosive, and remember to use distilled water.

EastCoasthandle · Feb 11, 2008

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Tomcat81970 · Feb 11, 2008

well i let it run with my T joint open to additional fluid in a funnel kinda like a reservoir. My T joint is at the highest point, so all the bubbles go up and out and the fluid in it goes down.. ive let it run for a few hours and now the tubes are now mostly clear! ive uses a hair dryier to "pop" the bubbles in the funnel. the amount of soap i uses was barily enough to make it all around the barb's diameter, so VERY little... but agian i would be worried if it is corrosive...

also im using a uv anti corrosive liquid additive i got with my kit, its a 1:9 ratio with distilled water

sooo... any ideas on how to get rid of the little retarted bubbles that dont want to float to the top and just want to stay in the stream? they are like little microscopic bubbles and when the pump is off they cling to the sides of the tube.

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