I'm foaming at the mouth!

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Not quite, but thought I'd share with you some delicious, delicious foam.

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Been sitting here for two hours waiting for the system to drain. Why, you ask? I have cats who also seem to think foam is delicious, they just lack my amazing willpower to not drink it.

I love PC Ice. Argh, this is the only thing holding me back from starting my 4850 CF benchmarks!
 
It looks like you cleaned your loop with dish soap and didn't flush the system completely. Am I close on the guess?
 
I didn't add anything except PC Ice. It foamed and foamed all on its own. Some quick research revealed that this is a somewhat common problem with PC Ice.

I only added the dye after I had let it bleed for an hour so that I could get a better view of the foam. I let it bleed for about 5 hours, during which time I kept wiping foam and topping it up with more coolant in an effort to push it all up to the top. Decided that most of the foam was above the in/out holes, so it shouldn't cause too much trouble. I put the cap on, and about 6-12 hours later the foam was gone.

I'm guessing the foam disappeared because the air bubbles went into the top of the radiator, which is now the highest point in my system.
 
Yup.. my PC Ice did the same thing. It likes to bubble/foam in your reservoir. I have a 5.25'' res though, and my fillport is directly attached to it. It didn't make a mess and it was all self contained. It still foams a bit when the system is up and running, but when it shuts off it all goes away. Oh well.. heh.
 
Also, if you have the MCP655 B or variable model, it will reduce the amount of foam if you turn it down from 5 to a lower setting. PC ICE hasn't foamed on me, however the Fluid XP EXT did very badly in my bay reservoir if I had the pump turned all the way up.
 
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