2010 Poll: How do you fill/refill your cooling loop?

spitter3 · Apr 12, 2010

I guess I am differrent then the rest of you.

Modified t line I guess, I use an old ehiem canister filter I had for about 20 years. I added 2 t cup-links to the loop with a shut off valve in between, on the t side of the lines I put them thru an unused slot and add shut off valves to each. To fill it I pour the coolent into the ehiem attach it to both shut off valves. start the ehiem and open the valves, roll the case a few times to get out all the air and then pressure test the whole loop. If it doesn't leak, I shut the valves and take off the pump, ready to use. To drain I just turn off the ehiem and upright it and roll the case around a few times to let it drain out by gravity. Whole process takes about 5 min to fill, leak test, and drain if need be.

Widowmker · Apr 12, 2010

The usual drain and flush and fill at res. To fill I use a turkey baster I picked up at the dollar store. It works very well, It's only about 3/4" in diameter, fits inside the bottle of new coolant almost ot bottom of bottle, holds a fair amount of coolant and you can't beat the price.

Soxx · Apr 12, 2010

Like a few others, Have a XSPC Res Top's and T-Lines as a Drain.

Andrew149 · Apr 23, 2010

i just put some fluid on the top on my video card and some in the tank and like fluid keep building up turn the pump off and on and continue to work with it

Sneaky · Jun 8, 2010

Have always been a fan of reservoirs since the beginning. Moved to T-lines for a couple builds due to OC Forums marking them as superior to reservoirs for performance a few years back. Then went back to reservoirs.

Current I have two MCRES-Micro v2's - one for each loop in my build

to fill use a contraption I built made out of a funnel connected to 1/2" tubing, which is connected to a G1/4 1/2" barb that screws into the top fillport of the reservoir

to drain, I stick to the old school method of get a deep dish pan or bucket, put it under the lowest part in your system, and pull the tubing off the barb and let it drain.

johan851 · Jun 9, 2010

t-line FTW. Can't believe so many people use the stupid reservoir...

Elfie · Jun 10, 2010

Res here too. I like the EK Multioption 100's. Small enough to squeeze into a small space, large enough to be practical. I hot glued some tubing to a funnel to make them easier to fill.

Can't see what's stupid about a res?

Nelson12 · Jun 21, 2010

I have a RES. I just think its more easy to fill and drain? I see no advantage of using a T line

johan851 · Jun 21, 2010

Nelson12 said:
I have a RES. I just think its more easy to fill and drain? I see no advantage of using a T line

I don't like the extra bulk of the reservoir. It's significantly bigger, and I feel that it's more leak prone.

markp1989 · Jun 21, 2010

just converted from restop to T line for speed reasons, i prefer it alot, i emptied my loop , to compare how easy it was compared to the res, and it was alot easier.

also it looks much cleaner .

Ilden · Jun 21, 2010

Aquatube reservoirs running to two Bitspower Casetop Waterfill sets.

gsrcrxsi · Jun 21, 2010

i use a T-Line now. but i previously had a micro-res. the res was faster for filling, but i prefer the t-line setup i have now. it really cleans up my tubes compared to my res.

res:

t-line:

||Console|| · Jun 21, 2010

T-line , It takes up much less room for me vs a rez.

italia305 · Oct 17, 2010

res for me xspc with mcp655 inside. i like the look and ease of filling/ bleeding air out.

sunrunner20 · Oct 19, 2010

Tline all the way.

Peeved Kitten · Oct 19, 2010

Res, no question. Mine is at the top of my loop and all my air bubbles quickly purge themselves to the res.

sunrunner20 · Oct 19, 2010

Peeved Kitten said:
Res, no question. Mine is at the top of my loop and all my air bubbles quickly purge themselves to the res.

So do mine, its the key advantage of having the fill point more or less the highpoint in the loop. When you fill the water flows into the loop w/o any inversion needed.

Peeved Kitten · Oct 19, 2010

sunrunner20 said:
So do mine, its the key advantage of having the fill point more or less the highpoint in the loop. When you fill the water flows into the loop w/o any inversion needed.

My rad is under my case, The CPU block inlet and the res are at the top in my loop. I'm going to bombard the pic threads later with my new radbox/stand, with how I set it up I saw record able 2c drop.

QBobWatson · Oct 19, 2010

Definitely a reservoir. Besides ease of filling and bleeding, you can see the flow in a bay res so you know immediately if it stops.

Tonicart · Oct 22, 2010

Res. I fill by sticking an ~18in. length of extra tubing into the fill port and connect a funnel to the other end

2010 Poll: How do you fill/refill your cooling loop?

How do you fill or top up your coolant loop?

With a t-line.

With a reservoir.

With another method. (please give details)

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