How to change coolant(watercooling)

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Newguy2010

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Hi all,

Im new to the watercooling spectrum.
I have a titan robela chasis and im wondering a few things about the chasis (cant find the factory manuel anywhere online).
Firstly the led tells me the liquid levels are low, can I just add liquid (destilled water) or do I have to drain whats left in the resivoir and clean it?

Secondly, How do I drain the resiviour and change out coolant properly?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, feel free to ask anything. I might have missed some information.
 
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bigcyco1

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You know what fluids do? They evaporate. Check your levels once a month and fill up your rig as need be. There's no point in water cooling if you don't have enough liquid running through your pipes. I would recommend on NOT using dyes, use colored tubing distilled water and a kill coil. QUOTE: rubix_101
"As for draining and refilling your loop on a maintenance schedule; it depends. Most people will say every 6-9 months you should drain and refill your loop, but this really is where you should have a solid grasp of what you have running in your loop. Many people run the same distilled and biocide/killcoil for a year or more without issues. Some even 2-3, so this can easily be debatable. If you decide to run a premix solution, consider sticking to the 6 to 9 month interval to make sure you aren't getting gunked up blocks or any precipitate matter floating around. When you decide to drain your loop, give yourself a Saturday or Sunday...or both to do so. Take your blocks out, remove fittings, inspect for corrosion, etc....but take your time and pay attention to details. Take your CPU block apart and clean it with a toothbrush (especially if running a coolant or you notice corrosion). If it looks gunked up, scrub with a toothbrush and ketchup. The acidicy in the ketchup does wonders...trust me on this. Even if they don't need to be scrubbed, a soak in a distilled water + vinegar solution (80/20) should help clean up the rest. Rinse out your radiators in the same manner as when you first got them. Reassemble and refill your loop as before, and don't forget to leak test upon assembly.

Remember, any time that you reassemble your loop, you'll need to leak test."
Here is a link with some instructions:

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/how_to_maintain_your_watercooling_setup

Here's another:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/277130-29-read-first-watercooling-sticky#3718875
 
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rubix_1011

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It depends what kind of loop this is as this is the biggest factor on how you should proceed. Can you post an image of the system, both inside and the location of the indicator light (guessing it's a reservoir/pump combo unit)? Could be a Koolance unit, they might have an LED indicator.

 
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