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Help with Gurgling
- Thread starter Doggonit
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Sounds like its still circulating air. When I got my current build completely bled, the gurgling stopped, now it is dead silent. I had to tilt the case in all different directions to get the last bit of air out of the system. Just sitting upright did not cut it.
I found a lot of air in my rad (which is on top of my case). My res is in the top 5 1/4 bat (Danger Den poly). I tilted the case onto the back end which caused some air to go into the res. I topped it off at this point. Is there an easier way or do I just keep repeating the process?
Doggonit said:I found a lot of air in my rad (which is on top of my case). My res is in the top 5 1/4 bat (Danger Den poly). I tilted the case onto the back end which caused some air to go into the res. I topped it off at this point. Is there an easier way or do I just keep repeating the process?
By tilting it around you are dislodging any trapped air pockets. It should not take too many times of doing this. When you topped your res off this time, did the gurgling seem to be less than before?
not much - I did see a very large air bubble disappear into the res. Guess I will do it some more. The res is mounted on a frame a couple inches above the case and it makes it awkward to handle. Then I have to keep it tilted to keep the air bubble in the res. What a pain.
Final update - I laid my computer on its back which placed the res at the highest point in my system. I was amazed at how much air was trapped in my system. I then clamped the tubes into and out of my system and brought the computer back to vertical to fill the res. The fill port is basically a threaded tube which extends into the res which will not allow me to completely fill the res. What a crap design. the only way it could work would be if it was mounted at the highest point in my system and the air would remain trapped. I am buying a better res.
killernoodle
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Doggonit said:The fill port is basically a threaded tube which extends into the res which will not allow me to completely fill the res. What a crap design. the only way it could work would be if it was mounted at the highest point in my system and the air would remain trapped. I am buying a better res.
Swiftech was the only company to remedy this problem with the poly res. What you need to do to it is drill a hole down the threads for the fillport. This will let air out so you can fill it all the way. I can email you a picture of what I'm talking about if you want it.
I built a plexi reservior and for the fill port, I used six 4" x 4" plexi plates glued together. I then drilled a hole through them and mounted it to the top of the reservior. This added 3/4" of material above the roof of the reservior and made it so I can bleed out 100% 0f the air. The screw-in cap doesn not protrude into the reservior this way.
Doggonit said:This is my first W/C project but I ended up with a gurgling sound coming from my reservoir (I think). I bled my sytem and don't have any more air in it but the gurgling is annoying. The reservoir is the poly one from Danger Den. Is this normal?
I have the same reservoir and experienced the same problem initially when doing leak testing. It means you still have air in your system even if the res. looks like its filled up. What you need to do is take out the res from your bay (if its installed already) and tilt it on its side so the water is forced to go through the outlet. Then shift the pump around a bit too and when you begin to see the water levels drop in the reservoir, add some more to it. Eventually you will enough water in the system that the air will bleed out of the res. and the noise will go away.
Good idea Killernoodle. I will try that. Meanwhile, I plan to eliminate the problem by switching to the Coolermaster Stacker. I should be able to mount my Bonneville rad vertically at the bottom of the drive bay section or on the floor of the case over the vent. Either way I will be able to keep the res at the top of the system. Hurry up Newegg.