Help leak how do i fix :-/

[Qua Sar]

hey i made my water cooling setup and i started running the water etc through it. well it SEEMS there is a slightly small hole on one of the tubes near the radiator and i have no more tubingh left... is there a way (tubes have water thorugh them) to tigthen the one tube so it won't leak or maybe should i just try to re-set the clamp i have on it to tihgter?

ideas!? the leak might have stopped but i'm not 100% positive yet i tried tightening the tube b4

 

[Topplayer]

so let me get this there is a whole in the tube...........dude get a new tube dont take chance and have a bad leak on your mobo...........you can try teflon tape to cover up the whole

 

[Luckyboy1]

Buy some tubing! The risks of being cheap here far outweigh the benefits!

Also, as you run and check for leaks, power the ah heck off and listen for a sucking sound. If you notice that sound and air coming in, then you still have a slow leak at that point.

 

[Qua Sar]

no ther's not a whole it's jsut at the radiator where the tube goes in i think it's not in far enough

 

[Luckyboy1]

What types of clamps or connectors does it use?

 

[Qua Sar]

i got simple clamps i thought of double clamping it ... i foudn out it's when (the pump isn't bolted down i should do that) when the pump moves certain ways and stretches the tube proably opening a whole on one side of the tube so it hougth double clamping it might work.. im' going to trty taht now.

 

[Luckyboy1]

Clamps? They make several bacis types. My7 advice would be a run to a hard core hardware store, not the lightweight kind. Get the biggest, beefiets clamp that will fit.

 

[Topplayer]

Originally posted by: L1nVx
no ther's not a whole it's jsut at the radiator where the tube goes in i think it's not in far enough

what kind of radiator.....you make it seem like the tubes go in the radiator not around the opening......is that true????

 

[VballCoach]

post a pic if you can.

teflon tape as a hole(not whole) fix...don't try that. teflon tape is for NPT threads and such. it's designed to fill the gaps between the threads.