Alphacool Eissturm Hurricane losing performance

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masaqre

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I have a question about Alphacool Eissturm Hurricane
I bought it and it worked perfect the first months as you can see on pictures.
You can see the system, and the Eisbecher , you can see the "power" of liquid, making a "palm tree" figure. The pump runs at 3150rpm more a less
But now, one year and a half later.. the system has lose performance. I can't see the liquid making a palm tree, but pump still running at 3125rpm.. and the CPU temps are ok..
I don't know where can be the problem.. on tubes? on pump? radiator? there is something wrong and I don't know where is

any Idea ?
 

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Eddy

Eddy

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I would guess that something got into the cooling fins of the CPU cooler and clogged it. This would massively reduce the flow.

You can test something. Change the hoses on the reservoir. Just swap the IN and OUT, then the water will run the other way round. This may loosen the dirt in the cooling fins. But you will still have to drain the water and unscrew the radiator to clean it. You will also have to rinse the radiator again with distilled water in case there is anything in there. Please do not use tap water.
 
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masaqre

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I change the IN and OUT.
I test simple loop from IN and OUT and is powerfull
I test simple loop from IN to Radiator and Radiator to OUT and is good also
I test simple loop from IN to Eisblock and Eisblock to OUT and I have bad performance, then here are the problem.
I try from OUT to Eisblock and Eisblock to IN and is good enough.

I post images that I have now after all test, isn't full performance like the beginning but It's enough.
Temps and rpm are similar.

Thanks
 

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davido_labido

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Yeah, the CPU block must have dirt in it from somewhere.

As you have reversed the flow, this may have pushed the dirt out and hopefully it will collect in the reservoir, if you do have problems with the flow in the future, you can clean the CPU block and get the blockage out. This will ensure that you don't have the problem in the future :)
 
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