I cleaned my WHOLE system a few ago, well almost the whole thing. I didn't even know that came apart like that. Thanks for the video. I'm going to try that out tonight.
While that did help my pump a little bit, I figured out the real problem with my loop. I reassembled the cpu plate sideways, so the water channels were effectively blocking all the water pressure... Fixed that. Now everything is looking good.
Hi there, thank you for your comment. You can clean the pump body with isopropyl alcohol however I would not suggest cleaning the acrylic with ISO, I would suggest only using distilled water as isopropyl alcohol can cause blemishing 👍🏻
In that case I would agree it’s most likely a faulty pump. It could be worth checking the continuity from base of the wire to pin. Other than that I wouldn’t imagine there is much you can do. I have never experienced this myself. I would check the warranty and see if you could claim for new one
I encountered pump failure today, and I just refilled and shook it and it is now running in full speed again. Don't know for how long it will continue working properly.
@@ROWDY.404 I have a drain port in the loop, I found that there were some solids when I drained. I drained and refilled the loop several times until no solids seen. It still works until today.
Thanks for the correction on the bearing, these videos are unscripted so it’s easy to screw up now and then 😂 regarding the whole non mechanical subject, I try to be very clear and descriptive as I make these videos for everyone. This includes the very green builders.
Fortunately I have never experienced this type of failure, but thank you for bringing it up as another potential point of failure. Out of curiosity how long did it take the pump to develop this fault from new?
@@ROWDY.404 5-6 years, however it’s a 55W pump used in a coolant reservoir of a Carbon Sulfur analyzer instead of a PC. I’ve been seeing lots of them that live in extremely dirty environments start to die lately. It’s quite easy to tell when this is the failure though because it no longer rotates evenly and binds on the side wall. Trouble is for us….it usually causes about $6000 of damage when they fail because the customer doesn’t catch it 😳
not necessarily. in my case - slight off-angled water tank caused impeller to occasionally hit the sides of the bowl. eventually (plenty of years) that creates "tracks" out of scratches. when the "scratch tracks" gets too deep - upon rotation speed changes impeller gets stuck. my somewhat working solution was to even out bowl and impeller scratches with a knife blade (lack of tools, sand paper seems more appropriate).
Yea, bro 2 days of using a non stainless screw in all copper glycol chilled system and I have rust water and 3 pumps to clean... the d5s shot but ddc is fine...🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@ROWDY.404 d5 is fine just clogged, the ddc wasn't as bad but it was after the d5 in the loop.... The ddc and d5 i have, have the same magnetic bowl impeller setup.... It was definitely my bad, I knew the screw wasn't stainless and I used it to block a hose that lead to another component out of the system... being lazy I thought 2 days no big deal... yeaaaa now I have the whole loop apart...🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
What did you damage? If your pump is blocking up on restart you need to do a whole system clean. Your water block will most likely be suffering the same fate
I cleaned my WHOLE system a few ago, well almost the whole thing. I didn't even know that came apart like that.
Thanks for the video. I'm going to try that out tonight.
Yeah it’s good practice to pull these apart from time to time especially if you are using opaque fluids. Glad the video has helped 👍🏻
While that did help my pump a little bit, I figured out the real problem with my loop. I reassembled the cpu plate sideways, so the water channels were effectively blocking all the water pressure...
Fixed that. Now everything is looking good.
Thanks for the video! Is it ok to clean the Pump with Isopropanol?
Hi there, thank you for your comment. You can clean the pump body with isopropyl alcohol however I would not suggest cleaning the acrylic with ISO, I would suggest only using distilled water as isopropyl alcohol can cause blemishing 👍🏻
@@ROWDY.404 ya DON'T use isopropanol on anything acrylic, it will crack it.
Hi, thanks for the video, i have a D5 but the pwm wiring doesn't give signal, do you have any tutorials or links to fixing it?? Thanks you
Hi, thanks for the comment! Are you plugging it into motherboard or an external controller?
@@ROWDY.404 yes, i have an OCTO from aquacomputer I try in all plug but not work, still i have fans that work, maybe the cable broke from the pump
In that case I would agree it’s most likely a faulty pump. It could be worth checking the continuity from base of the wire to pin. Other than that I wouldn’t imagine there is much you can do. I have never experienced this myself. I would check the warranty and see if you could claim for new one
I encountered pump failure today, and I just refilled and shook it and it is now running in full speed again.
Don't know for how long it will continue working properly.
Mine is weak but when I shake the PC it moves again, so I'm going to attempt to clean it thanks to this video!
Glad you found the video useful. Did it work?
@@ROWDY.404 I have a drain port in the loop, I found that there were some solids when I drained. I drained and refilled the loop several times until no solids seen. It still works until today.
@@mokouf3 Glad it worked out for you 👍
Status update?
Need some advice on how to clean mine
Awesome 😎🤟🏽
2:27 it's ceramic, not nylon. Also, what would be a "mechanical motor" rather than a magentic one? All electric motors work on magnetism.
Thanks for the correction on the bearing, these videos are unscripted so it’s easy to screw up now and then 😂 regarding the whole non mechanical subject, I try to be very clear and descriptive as I make these videos for everyone. This includes the very green builders.
Looked everywhere for your EKWB cleaning video but couldnt find one.
9 times out of 10 it’s not because it’s dirty but because the insert of the impeller is bent or broken.
Fortunately I have never experienced this type of failure, but thank you for bringing it up as another potential point of failure. Out of curiosity how long did it take the pump to develop this fault from new?
@@ROWDY.404 5-6 years, however it’s a 55W pump used in a coolant reservoir of a Carbon Sulfur analyzer instead of a PC. I’ve been seeing lots of them that live in extremely dirty environments start to die lately. It’s quite easy to tell when this is the failure though because it no longer rotates evenly and binds on the side wall. Trouble is for us….it usually causes about $6000 of damage when they fail because the customer doesn’t catch it 😳
not necessarily. in my case - slight off-angled water tank caused impeller to occasionally hit the sides of the bowl. eventually (plenty of years) that creates "tracks" out of scratches. when the "scratch tracks" gets too deep - upon rotation speed changes impeller gets stuck. my somewhat working solution was to even out bowl and impeller scratches with a knife blade (lack of tools, sand paper seems more appropriate).
Yea, bro 2 days of using a non stainless screw in all copper glycol chilled system and I have rust water and 3 pumps to clean... the d5s shot but ddc is fine...🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
2 days!? That sucks dude. I’m surprised the DDC made it out alive. My money would have been on the D5!
@@ROWDY.404 d5 is fine just clogged, the ddc wasn't as bad but it was after the d5 in the loop.... The ddc and d5 i have, have the same magnetic bowl impeller setup.... It was definitely my bad, I knew the screw wasn't stainless and I used it to block a hose that lead to another component out of the system... being lazy I thought 2 days no big deal... yeaaaa now I have the whole loop apart...🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
We’ve all been there Bro 😂 good luck!
I cleaned but it was damaged in the process of cleaning. So i wont stop my computer since pump would block on restart... This will cost me 130 eurs
What did you damage? If your pump is blocking up on restart you need to do a whole system clean. Your water block will most likely be suffering the same fate