How long do I have to wait for the gasket stuff to cure before I can put oil in the c

[Moon Ill]

How long do I have to wait for the gasket stuff to cure before I can put oil in the car?

I replaced my dented oil pan.:zzz:

I used the Super Black ATV.

[duffman1278]

Should say on the instructions. If not I would give it like an hour. It should be fully cured by then but iirc its like 20min.

[Moon Ill]

The instruction say it cures in an hour, and fully dries in 24.

How long do I have to wait before driving on it?

[slider2828]

2-3 hours in winter I think pending where you live.... But depends how you applied it... You are supposed to apply wet wait like 2 minutes, then put the parts together with screws to hold in place finger tight, then wait 5 minutes, then torque to spec. Then wait like an hour before oiling.... Cure time depends on temp and right now in most places its freezing, or very cold so I would wait like 2-3 hours just in case... Its also very moist outside..... and in NC snowing probably? Wait awhile

[Moon Ill]

F you SoCal and South Florida people with your comfortable winters :-P

No it's about 70 right now, it was misty this morning, pretty dry now.

I put the oil pan on about 3 hours ago, so hopefully I'm good. Though I did wait an hour before torquing.

[Def]

3 hours is probably good. I waited a day on mine just to be sure, but it's never been my daily driver.

A trick I learned at work, slightly wetting RTV with water will cause the reaction to speed up and vulcanize faster.

[wrxn240]

it doesn't say on the label?

[Def]

Dry to the touch doesn't equal being ok to immerse in oil, so no, it doesn't tell you this on the label.

[tre4s13]

i waited two days, still no leaks since august.