Please help me find a Radiator without this problem...

[Gamb311]

I've had the worst problems with radiators lately. I'm trying to find a good triple radiator for low speed fans without the problem I'm running into. I've cleaned 4 xspc 360 radiators at least 50 times each now with boiling distilled. I've tried vinager, prestone super flush, scrubbing bubbles and have yet to get rid of these particles. 2 of them have non stop white particles and the other 2 have white, red, turquoise/green particles non stop. I can't fix the problem. I've used nothing but distilled water on 2 and other 2 vinager/radiator flush/ scrubbing bubbles to no end. I've gone through over 30 gallons of distilled trying to clean. Please name a radiator I will not have to put this much work into :( No thermochills and no xspc radiators please. I want the best cooling with low speed fans, but do not want to deal with these particle problems. Examples of what I'm going through are in pics.

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[Gamb311]

I should also add that I've ran all 4 radiators through a filter loop system I copied from a post here. Reservoir/rads/filter for hours on end and still get all these particles.

[markwrc]

Black Ice SR-1, they come pre-flushed :)

[Dr_Swizz]

I have EK and Aquacomputer radiators and those where almost 100% clean when I bought them.

[CrazyNutz]

Yep xspc rad's are prolly the worse as far as crap inside them from the factory. However Hardware Labs rads are pretty clean.
I find using isopropyl alcohol (dont get on painted areas) for the first flush then distilled water + vinegar for the next, then rinse with distilled works well.

[thegcpu]

Black Ice SR-1 a bit pricey but good build quality and made for low speed fans. A very good rad!

[mlwood37]

Simple fix to this problem. By a 10 micron filter and housing, Pump the liquids though the rad and then through the rad and clear it out ...

[Gamb311]

Simple fix to this problem. By a 10 micron filter and housing, Pump the liquids though the rad and then through the rad and clear it out ...

I've done this for days and days. I still get particles after I shake the radiator with water inside. Dumping out into clear bowl. Filter system does not clear out particles good enough.

[Gamb311]

Also I bought some SR-1's. These things are far from clean. Am I the only one that checks water in clear bowl after pouring out? My god so many little white particles. Maybe I'm trying to hard. I don't know. I just don't want my new build to be anything like my last Thermochill flux nightmare build. Dirrrrty.

[CrazyNutz]

I check water in a clear cup. The last two rads I used, one was a xspc 240, the other was a bi GT stealth 280. The bi was clean, on the other hand the xspc water was yellow w/flakes.
Hey perhaps your water is dirty to start with :rofl:

[warriorpoet]

Three weeks on an XSPC rx 360 with no junk. Lucky or not long enough?

[bmaverick]

Boiling water and Superflush could not tackle this problem? Something is really wrong with those RADs.



If filtered with a 10 micro filter, there should be no particles showing up to the naked eye. This really is puzzling.