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Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad?

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2017/03/21 07:37:08 (permalink)
I emailed Swiftech a few months ago about this and they said it was "normal" and it was the tubing changing colors. It seems pretty damn obvious that the liquid is the problem (note the color of the block and the pump/reservoir). I've never opened the loop. I've also never built an open-loop system or filled/drained, so I am kind of afraid to fix this myself. Nor do I want to! Swiftech specifically advertises that the coolant is maintenance free within the 3 year warranty period.
 




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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/03/21 08:48:11 (permalink)
    You really do not need to worry about, if the discolor is not to the liking you can replace the Tubing.
    The higher the altitude the greater you will see this as an Info Note.
    Part of why I went to Quick Disconnect Connectors between my Water Blocks to make is easy to change the Tubing.
    I also use Blue Coolant Koolance 702 Liquid Coolant, High-Performance, UV Blue, 700ml (24 fl oz)
    It seems that we need to change the Tubing once a year or year and a half to keep them Clear.
    Also why I use Sold Metal Water Block on the CPU and MB. My First Clear GPU Water Block are going on my GTX 1080Ti Cards.
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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/03/21 09:29:50 (permalink)
    I thought Mayhem's Ultra Clear tubing wasn't supposed to do this. But I'm also still positive it's the coolant that has changed color - maybe the tubes have, maybe they haven't (can't say until it's drained). The block and pump are clearly tinted yellowish green just like the tubing. But I wonder if the tubing caused the coolant to color shift?
     
    Maybe I should just throw some dye in it and be done with it until particulates start showing up.

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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/03/21 10:00:57 (permalink)
    It is only two Tubes, I would replace them before I would use a Dye.
    Some Dies are not so good for Water Blocks and Fittings.

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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/03/21 12:28:43 (permalink)
    Glad I don't have to worry about seeing the color of my tubes change on my older H320 since the tubes are solid black.


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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/03/23 23:53:29 (permalink)
    This is why I have been using colored tubing for all my builds. I use a clear reservoir made of a glass now as well. This way I can monitor the coolant, but after my recent rebuild, think I will flush it once a year no matter what.

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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/03/25 20:09:04 (permalink)
    All tubing eventually discolors, the only thing they can do is formulate the tubing to slow down the effect. 


    Have water, will cool. 
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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/03/25 21:35:23 (permalink)
    loveha
    This is why I have been using colored tubing for all my builds. I use a clear reservoir made of a glass now as well. This way I can monitor the coolant, but after my recent rebuild, think I will flush it once a year no matter what.

     
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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/04/08 13:26:08 (permalink)
    all clear tubing will change color are time, the same for most clear plastics, its environmental, so the rate may vary. 

                                   
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    Re: Swiftech H320 X2 Prestige after 1 year... coolant going bad? 2017/04/26 05:14:49 (permalink)
    My H220X did sort of the same thing where the water got murky rather quick.  It finally "failed" on me with a little over a year of use due to a leak which turned out to be a series of cracks on the acrylic hidden out of sight by the window shroud.  Judging by how corroded the screws were it had probably been slow leaking the entire time I had it and it finally got to the point of becoming visible.  Forced me to remove all of my custom loop which had the H220X unit integrated into it and move to a AIO from corsair for the time being.  Luckily I upgraded my water-cooled Titans to the Titan X or I would be out a rig for the time being.

    From the looks of it you have the newer version from mine so I hoped they fixed any possible cracking issues on the rez.  I have seen plenty of tubing degrade in color so it is pretty common.  One of the reasons I just went with black tubing vs using any of the clear/colored stuff.
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