I didn't know you were supposed to clean NEW parts

[Mycobacteria]

I think its just the rad that needs a bit of a wash when you get it.

A new pump and new tubes should be fairly clean.

 

[MameXP]

Just use regular tap water and run it for a few minutes.

NO! VERY BAD IDEA!

 

[Kilyin]

I have often advocated and will continue to recommend getting a waterbed fill kit and just hooking the loop up to the kitchen sink and force flushing out the loop. I then just drain and fill/drain with distilled, and then do a final fill. This works wonderfully and truly flushes everything out.

so flushing with tap water is okay?

 

[QuietIce]

I think its just the rad that needs a bit of a wash when you get it.

A new pump and new tubes should be fairly clean.

You should have seen the piece of Styrofoam caught in the intake of one of my pumps.

I always rinse - I've barely started in WC and already I've seen too many things that can get stuck in a Storm or in the grooves of an Apogee. Even if it LOOKS clean don't you believe it ...!

 

[voigts]

so flushing with tap water is okay?

flushing with tap water is fine as long as you go back and flush and drain with distilled. I use the faucet via waterbed fill kit trick and then flush once with distilled before adding my final solution.

 

[Mycobacteria]

Never had problems with the styraphome stuff...

Flusing it with distilled water to get rid of risidual tap water isnt such a bad idea.