- Joined
- Oct 16, 2016
- Location
- Sydney - Australia
Hi all.
I recently sprung a leak in one of my hard tube fittings right above my lovely 980 Ti hydro copper and soaked it. Managed to bake it and get it working again (after trying many other cleaning/drying techniques) which is good. Before i reconnect
my loop though, i wanted to see if anyone has had the same issue that caused my loop to leak. On the CPU water block (EK Acetal) both acetal pipes had deformed slightly causing the o-rings to not provide a good enough seal. It is really strange in that the pipe looks slightly flared at the end before narrowing into a thinner "waist" and then returning to normal pipe OD. They were cut and fitted perfectly when i made them so i can only think that heat must have caused them to deform.... Has anyone seen this before?? My pump never stopped and the system always stayed below 50 deg C even under stress. Just wanted to put it out there in case anyone has something to add before i bother putting my loop back together only to have it happen again in 6 months and destroy a $1k video card. Thanks in advance.
I recently sprung a leak in one of my hard tube fittings right above my lovely 980 Ti hydro copper and soaked it. Managed to bake it and get it working again (after trying many other cleaning/drying techniques) which is good. Before i reconnect
my loop though, i wanted to see if anyone has had the same issue that caused my loop to leak. On the CPU water block (EK Acetal) both acetal pipes had deformed slightly causing the o-rings to not provide a good enough seal. It is really strange in that the pipe looks slightly flared at the end before narrowing into a thinner "waist" and then returning to normal pipe OD. They were cut and fitted perfectly when i made them so i can only think that heat must have caused them to deform.... Has anyone seen this before?? My pump never stopped and the system always stayed below 50 deg C even under stress. Just wanted to put it out there in case anyone has something to add before i bother putting my loop back together only to have it happen again in 6 months and destroy a $1k video card. Thanks in advance.
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