Is your tubing kinking?

[MuEagle05]

i took some of that spiral cable wrap stuff and wrapped my tubing in it to stop kinks

 

[@md0Cer]

I dont have tubing

Well I should I say I dont have tubing yet lol I dont just splash water in

Ill vote and let everyone know when I do have it

 

[GOD Macktruck]

i've had a huge kink in my set up since it was put together (november '02)i'll be removing my NB in a few weeks so i will fix it then.

haven't taken my system apart since then so i didn't fix it. it's between my CPU and my NB.

even with it my temps only get above 35 C when it's around 32C outside. normally it stays around 31-32 idle.(according to MBM5)

: ) :

 

[SniperXX]

I got some tygon and I got zero kinks and I have some sharp bends I needed, my old stuff would kink tho, it was some cheap stuff tho...

 

[Jibjo]

I don't have kinks but I had to solve this problem: My heater core-shrouds-fans assembly run cross case, so the heater core needed angled barbs to make it easier for the tubes to make the 180° turn. I hack-sawed off the chevette barbs and jb-welded on ordinary 45° angle copper pipe joints found at any hardware store. These joints have an ID, at narrowest, of a clean 1/2in, so flow was not too adversely affected, if at all. Tygon tubing easily makes the turn with these joint "barbs". The more common 90° joints I judged to be too risky (flow-restrictive), after reading a lot on this forum. I voted Need Elbows.

 

[madcow235]

with my geforce4 in i get one mean kink right by the outlet but with my radeon9800 theres no kinks at all

 

[Contra]

i had kinks but i saw someone use tie straps on their tubes to force the kinks out and i tried it
and it works great no more kinks!

 

[Voodoo Rufus]

Wow. Never heard of that. Something to tuck away and save for later use.

 

[Wicked Klown]

No kinks here and didn't have to add tubing to make that happen either.

 

[Contra]

i use basic tubibg from Home Depot

and sometimes when you make tight bends it kinks

but if you don't then your ok

 

[will_maltby]

i had kinks but i saw someone use tie straps on their tubes to force the kinks out and i tried it
and it works great no more kinks!

The only problem with your solution pictured is that you'll in turn put alot of sideways pulling force on the block and lessen the straightness of the TIM joint.

This could ended up being alot more detrimental to performance than a minor semi kink in your tubing.

Just something to think about

I like yer nice orange coolant btw...

 

[WarMonger19]

Springs

I got Tygon line when I set up my system and I have never been so miserable. I could never put enough clamps on to take all the kinks out and the line was actually sucked closed near the pump.

My best reccomendation is thin stainless steel springs in the line they provide excellent flexability without any worry about kinks.

I do have 1/2" lines and high end swiftech pump, which gives me the luxurary of not worrying about the reduced flow the springs empose.

 

[Giblet Plus!]

No kinks. I use a combination of 1/2" ID 3/4" OD and 3/8" ID 5/8" OD Clearflex in my setup. The 3/8" ID really helps stop kinking on the outlet barbs of my WWR.

 

[Korndog]

yep, gotta make sure u get that 1/8"+ wall for 3/8id or 1/4"+ wall for 1/2"id on ur tubing. even cheap vinyl tubing doesn't kink with a thick wall (or is hard to kink)

 

[JDXNC]

I use a tubing made for industrial pnuematics I got from my shop, its similar to vinyl but yet not quite, its holds its shape and resists kinking through some VERY tight bends. It is flexible yet stiff as well, so I heated it and bent it to the exact shapes I need and now it holds that shape, but I can still bend it, and it will go right back to how I made it. Really neat stuff.... should be for almost a $1 a foot!.

EDIT, I just found a peice I had left over, and its marked "SMC Polyurethane" on it... and its BLUE

 

[johan851]

I think through my setup, and my Clearflex 60 loves me. Using a combination of 5/8" ID, 1/2" ID, and a little 1" ID, all with 1/8" wall. Going to be using some 3/8" ID soon here. I guess not having kinks means that I'm a hero.

 

[K1ll1nT1m3]

Tygon (1/2in ID 5/8 OD), was totally useless.

ClearFlex70 (1/2 ID 3/4 OD), fairly flexable and almost never kinks.

I will never use a 1/16in wall tubing again.

 

[fletch]

I just use the cheap stuff from Lowes, haven't had a problem yet.

 

[BillA]

No worries, that works out about the same. A 90 or 1ft of tubing will add about the same head pressure - lol.

wrong, do some investigation

be cool

 

[Seven]

I'm waiting for Lothar to post in this thread.

He used cheap 1/16" tubing and coolsleeves (swiftech I believe) and he can make bends the size of a quarter with his tubing. It's insane.