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Title: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 06 January 2011, 21:38:17

 ....... what's the curing time on it? Having carefully unpeeled what I thought would be destructions of some kind from around it, it says ....''see relevant service literature etc etc''  :-? I've even found this lot - http://www.ifz-berlin.de/eng_pdf/eng_93165267.pdf but that's not quite what I need.
Is it an overnight job to go off? I think that's what I did when I used on my car  :-/

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: geoffr70 on 06 January 2011, 21:45:35

Going off the oil cooler change guide, 24 hrs

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 06 January 2011, 21:59:23

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Going off the oil cooler change guide, 24 hrs

Thought it was. Ta!
That'll drag the job out even longer then, I wire brushed & repainted the sump pan which is in the kitchen drying.  ;) ;)

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Welung666 on 06 January 2011, 22:15:21

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Going off the oil cooler change guide, 24 hrs

Thought it was. Ta!
That'll drag the job out even longer then, I wire brushed & repainted the sump pan which is in the kitchen drying on her best tablecloth.  ;) ;)

You'll pay for that eventually ;) ;D

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 06 January 2011, 22:53:03

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Going off the oil cooler change guide, 24 hrs

Thought it was. Ta!
That'll drag the job out even longer then, I wire brushed & repainted the sump pan which is in the kitchen drying on her best tablecloth.  ;) ;)

You'll pay for that eventually ;) ;D

I won't cos it's for her car!  ;) ;) ;)

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 07 January 2011, 12:00:28

Depends how thick a bead you have.

In reality its useable in about 2 hours if its not excessively thick

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 07 January 2011, 12:06:26

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Depends how thick a bead you have.

In reality its useable in about 2 hours if its not excessively thick

Thanks.  A 2/3 mm bead all the way round the sump will be plenty, there's not much room on the inside of the bolt holes to go any bigger if you wanted to. Obvioulsy it'll press to down to almost nothing.  :y :y

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 07 January 2011, 15:59:15

A couple of ours later & the sealant that oozed out is still very soft, hardly hardened at all.
I'll leave it till the morning now.  :y

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 January 2011, 18:28:37

It might take longer to go off in this parky weather. ;)

Kevin

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 07 January 2011, 18:36:40

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It might take longer to go off in this parky weather. ;)

Kevin

Parky?  :-? It was freezing! I'd to sweep snow away before I could get under the car.  ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 07 January 2011, 20:05:04

Yeh but, the bit under pressure will have gone off, the larger bead which has oozed out will take a while to go off

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 07 January 2011, 20:09:13

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Yeh but, the bit under pressure will have gone off, the larger bead which has oozed out will take a while to go off

Anaerobic curing etc etc
but there will be similar bead inside the sump pan that I can't see.  :y :y Another night without oil won't do it any harm, I just worry about SWMBO in the Omega when there's snow on the ground!  ;D ;D

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 07 January 2011, 20:10:27

Correct but, that will come off at somepoint anyway....

Title: Re: grey sealant
Post by: Andy B on 07 January 2011, 20:14:37

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Correct but, that will come off at somepoint anyway....

Hopefully not, otherwise we're back to square one.  ;)