water cooling change / spillage

[maiden pasture]

Hi Im planning to replace the watercooling and I noticed a few things.

Im missing a few components to be able to drain the water. Im looking into buying a “EK Water Block EK-Quantum Torque Drain Valve Fitting” and a Tube to be able to drain it. Although Im not sure if that are the right item or if I need more stuff to be able to do the swap.
Ill post photos and if you could help me knowing what are the pieces I need please

(In the specification mail says
FAN: Hyper Liquid Cooling -EK Enthusiast Kit - Rigid Tube [+49])

Also noticed there was some sort of spillage and not sure what to do about it? I mean ill soon swap the liquid and clean it but just wanted someone with more expertise about the matter to let me know what to do and proceed.

[thorny cape]

Where’s the spillage sorry? Your best bet would be to get a jug/funnel and slowly remove a tube and drain it through that, preferably one at the lowest point of the loop.

[maiden pasture]

it looks like it overflowed

[maiden pasture]

so i shouldnt buy the drainage torque and a tube to drain the whole pc?

[thorny cape]

You could but not sure where you’d install it without liquid going everywhere

[maiden pasture]

Can i install it there?

Is that an entry for the torque?

Or will water still spill if i were to open that idk much about this so i will end up doing whatever you say but just wanted to make sure

[near mulch]

Yes, opening that will release all the res water. I use a bottle like this to suck out the coolant:

From the top fill port of the res.

Also, get yourself a PSU jumper, so you can run the pump without powering your motherboard

Regarding the "spillage", that could be the a seal that is going/gone at the bottom of the res. Once you've drained the loop you should be able to see if the O-ring has perished, if so then you'll need to replace it.

Also, do not run the pump "dry", the pump is water lubricated otherwise bearing damage can occur

[maiden pasture]

thanks!

[maiden pasture]

how do this work tho?

[near mulch]

Pull the power connector from the mobo, attach the jumper and you can power on the PC (fans/pump) without power to the mobo. The other option is to use a spare PSU (with a jumper) and power the pump externally

[maiden pasture]

honestly is starting to sound way more complicated than what i thought initially 🥲 , does cyberpower have a maintenance service where i can send the pc?

[dusk rampart]

:tada: Congrats @maiden pasture, you levelled up to 2! :tada:

[near mulch]

If you're not confident then I wouldn't start it. Custom loops and water cooling does need a bit of knowhow and toolkit to maintain as well as periodic flushing with distilled water etc. I have no idea if CP have a that kind of service, call them?

[maiden pasture]

ty ty

[thorny cape]

Yeeeeee we do

[dusk rampart]

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[near mulch]

Well I never! All the years I've been buying custom loops from CP, I didn't know this was a service 🙂

[thorny cape]

It’s a service we offered but never really advertised until recently

[near mulch]

Ahh I see, still thats a great service for the less confident owners! Thanks CP!