Whered all my coolant go??

[Realityshift]

All I did was change out my video card to a water cooled card, which from where im standing doesnt look like it holds all that much liquid, but I seem to be losing liquid rather rapidly. When the card was first installed it looked like I had the same as before minus what I believed the waterblock would hold, now though its taken the 18" of 1/2 tubing used as a fill port, and about 2/3 of my reserve o.O? Im not leaking ive checked everywhere and theres no sign of leaking, and all stoppers are on tight... Im a bit new to water cooling so is this normal?

[Jackquelegs]

Small bubbles gradually get bled out, hence the water level seems lower as time goes on.

[Sushi Warrior]

Also the water evaporates from the heat...

[Realityshift]

Then its looking like its almost time to retube and throw in some uncolored coolant just for jacky.

[Jackquelegs]

HAHAH thank you thank you.

No in a closed system the water level should stay relatively stable.

[Realityshift]

It just seemed like over about the 3 weeks ive run the card the amount of coolant has dropped more then it should. But i was already on the hedge trying to decide if I wanted to replumb or not and now im thinking its the way to go then just throw in some fresh coolant when im done, atleast then I have a good 6 months or so before I have to worry about it again.

[Dazmode]

I had similar situation and it turns to be that my res was not sealed tight on top side (fill port), so water keep evaporating.

[Realityshift]

Hmm thanks for that Dazmode ill check the stopper when I get home, those plastic stoppers on the micro res models SUCK and that might be whats happening. And that reminds me I should check your store out again for tubez.

[Dazmode]

In my case it was not even stopper it was lack of worm clip on my barb. I had 7/16 barb wuth 1/2 tube. As I have got tube tight water stopped disappearing.

[rai_polo]

Water should not Evaporate from a close loop as long as it is air tight. Check all your orings and seals. Also check for micro leaks. Coloured coolant is great for finding leaks with a blacklight.