How to get air out of a closed loop water cooler system?

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#1 awax187187
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How get air out of a closed loop water cooler system? reason why I'm asking is I want to buy closed loop system but want to put on clear tubing.

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Never had to but I just imagine you can't. Maybe just tap it in the right place to get any air to the top of the rad?

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#3 Truth_Hurts_U
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I don't have any experience on liquid moding. But my guess would be to hook the intake tube to the pump and rad... then outtake tube hooked to the pump, but not the rad. Keep your finger over the outtake hole on the rad while you turn it upside down so the liquid can flow down the intake pipe from inside the rad. Keep the rad above the pump and flick the tube. Refill the rad some more, until intake line has no more air.

Then suction the outtake... Either by tuning the pump on or another way. So the liquid gets back inside the pump. I wouldn't do more then a second or 2 burst if you turn it on and I would have the outtake with a cup near by. Once you got liquid in the pump, I would refill the rad again and fill the outtake line. Then it should be set to connect the outtake line to the rad.

After all that I would turn it on and let it run for a good min or so. With the rad above the pump so any little air bumbles can break lose. You will have a small about of air in the rad. That is normal.

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#4 harry_james_pot  Moderator
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I think you'd better ask this at the overclock.net forum. They have a specific board for liquid cooling.

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#5 horgen  Moderator
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I don't think you can without voiding the warranty. Your best option is to get the air into the rad I think. In the pump it will make the pump loud in my experience.