no leaks and temps way high

i just setup my watercooler and i cannot figure why its getting so hot. i used artic silver. im supposing it may be the way i attached it to the board. i got these 5lb springs from ace hardware but they are like really long. i got them over the scre but it still isn't cooling. i can't even tell when they are closed to compressed cause they start t double over on themselves. should i cut them down? would this mess up the constant rate on them? please help soon i thought i was done and now im not

please, post you cooling parts.
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i spent most of last night figuring it out. it was the way it was mounted. i kinda just flicked the waterblock and two of the springs readjusted thay had gotten caught up on the screw threads. that being said watercooling is fun

That's why I don't use springs, just bolts to the block baby!

Proper waterblock mounting is one of the most crucial steps in putting together a WC system. A block that isn't properly seated/balanced on the die won't cool, no matter how powerful the components are.

This is why my designs always have a center-screw that points directly into the center of the die. Since there's only 1 screw to tighten the block is guaranteed to be belanced, every time.

I agree, I have never skipped the springs and I dont see how to get good pressure and even pressure without them....

My problem with bolts/nuts without springs or atleast lock washers is that what happens over time when the nuts and bolts loosen up?

-Toysrme

btw nice setup ronnieG, the holddown looks good, and I like the idea of a center bolt to keep the pressure even.

for all those who asked what my rig is comprised of here it is.
1)89 camaro heatercore
2)1/2" tubing
3) huge tupperware resevoir containing 3 gallongs of distilled water mixed with 4oz to a gallon of waterwetter.
4)homeade waterblock that can be found here

here

and here

i think one of the reasons i was getting such poor performance was that i hadn't lapped my waterblock since i put the two sides together. apparantly the gasket had caused some bowing of the waterblock.
it took care of that today. i also locked down my wb alot harder than i had done before.
i reconfigured my setup to include probably losing a foot and a half of tubing. i also got the pump to almost the same level as the block. i tried turning my ram timings up to turbo and apparently its not gonna work

right now i am running prime 95 torture test and it failed. it always done at turbo. ill turn it down to fastests. the highest temp i reached before failure was 32c oced to 9.5 X166.. which is pretty much my goal for now since that is where i was with air cooling. thats where i felt comfortable with air cooling. anywho ill be back with stats from turning the ram timings down some