Permatex cure time before fire up?

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cudaspaz

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How long do you normally wait for your permatex or gasket sealer to cure before you fire up the beast?

I usually wait an hour if it is pretty cured to the touch but what about when it's still really wet?
 
cudamark said:
What in the world did you use Permatex on??
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T-stat gasket tach since the parts store had a really thin gasket as opposed to the beefy ones I've gotten from Mr gasket so I wanted some added assurance in addition to the gasket.

Anyways fired it up and had some coolant loss in the exact same spot of the T-stat housing.

I did notice some corrosion pitting in the cast housing when I cleaned it up and I thought the gasket tach would have filled the gap but no... so I'm going to go ahead and get the beefy billet housing from mancini's with a beefier gasket.
 
In a warm setting eg. garage, 12 hours usually, 24 hrs. before it's completely gassed off and this is a thin film.
 
cudaspaz said:
T-stat gasket tach since the parts store had a really thin gasket as opposed to the beefy ones I've gotten from Mr gasket so I wanted some added assurance in addition to the gasket.

Anyways fired it up and had some coolant loss in the exact same spot of the T-stat housing.

I did notice some corrosion pitting in the cast housing when I cleaned it up and I thought the gasket tach would have filled the gap but no... so I'm going to go ahead and get the beefy billet housing from mancini's with a beefier gasket.
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I'd first check that your thermstat housing flange is flat, 300 emery on a flat surface like a chunk of glass in a figure 8 pattern. Found lots of them warped even new.
 
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