For whatever reason my Mayhems turns a milky purple color. I have decided it's time to change fluids. My question is what Purple fluid is best and long lasting? Can I flush out what i have without having to strip the system down completely? My cooling is great so I don't think there are any blockages. I have a drain setup in the lowest point of the loop.
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Help with new fluid an flush..
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don't know about who has the best colours but jayz had issue with his mayhems changing colour too. he worked with them and they are , I think, currently working on a new formula.
as for flushing the loop you shouldn't have to do a teardown if youre going purple to purple or brand to brand. just drain it and flush with distilled until clear.
as for flushing the loop you shouldn't have to do a teardown if youre going purple to purple or brand to brand. just drain it and flush with distilled until clear.
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If you're having problems with the fluid changing color, you might want to make sure you look into that before you try again. Milky/cloudy colors can be caused by plasticizer leeching out of the tubing, bacterial growth, or some other contaminate in the radiators or old cooling blocks.
Make sure you do a good flush and clean before you try again. The Mayhem's Blitz Part 2 might be a good idea. I'd personally recommend you run pure DI from a new container for a couple weeks at least and see if it discolors before I added new dye or pre-colored coolant.
Make sure you do a good flush and clean before you try again. The Mayhem's Blitz Part 2 might be a good idea. I'd personally recommend you run pure DI from a new container for a couple weeks at least and see if it discolors before I added new dye or pre-colored coolant.
Using Primochill Advanced LRT which isn't supposed to leech but who knows it very well could be. There is a part in the CPU water block taht has turned milkey white.. that I need to look into. I have heard of running Distilled white Vinegar with Distilled water to clean things out. Flow appears to be fine and I have no issues with temps so trying to avoid breaking down the sytsem if I have to.
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That tubing should be OK, I've used it in the past and never had any leeching. There's really no telling though what it might be without breaking things down. You can do a good flush and then run the Blitz part 2, or try the vinegar (I would recommend diluting it with DI, not pure vinegar) Make sure you do 2-3 full flushes with DI afterwards and see if that clears up all the gunk. If not, you may need to break everything down and clean it the hard way.
I still stand by running for a couple weeks with pure DI after you get it cleaned up. Just to make sure the problem doesn't come back.
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I actually have a few unopened bottles of FluidXP EXTreme in Deep Purple, bought it off Performance PC's for a build for the wife because it looked pink in their pics. It's quite purple, but a cool orangish under UV
http://fluidxp.com/main/product/extreme-deep-purple-uv-2/
Is that like this stuff? I saw Peformance PC-s selling it really cheap and was wondering if hte company went out of business or something?
http://www.performance-pcs.com/fluid-xp-eco-earth-liquid-cooling-fluid-deep-purple.html