Replacing tubing

[Biofear]

How often is it to replace tubing? Its coming up on 1 year since I installed my watercooling setup but was wondering if tubing needs to be replaced along with the coolant. Thanks in advance.

[Spawn-Inc]

if they bend like they did and are soft and still looking good there fine. i would change them maybe in 2-3 years.

[muddocktor]

Like Spawn said, inspect your tubing before you change the water. If it's still in good shape then you don't have to replace it. And it all depends on what kind of tubing it is too, as to how long it will last. I have some old school silicone tubing I bought in early 2002 that is still in good shape (even though I took it out of service a year ago except for about a 2" piece).

[voigts]

good tubing like Tygon can last years. you however will probably need to clean out the inside of the tubing as it tends to get pretty lined up with white plasticizer film. I personally use Masterkleer and just replace it whenever I am doing some kind of upgrade, which ends up being at least once a year if not sooner.

[jr1]

i too like voigts use mastercleer tubing and change whenever i do some changes unless it's just a few months since the last time i changed them