Front Diff Leak

[RBish]

fixed my front diff leak today after work. drained the oil, was still gold after 1 year. i was quite suprised. unbolted the cover removed the vacumm line, removed old sealant, carby cleaned it up all nice let dry, applied blackmaxx, then refit the cover, connected the vaccum line then filled with castrol saf-xa. unfortunately i had to drive home str8 after as the workshop was closing.

the blackmax had only about 15-25 mins before i had to fill with oil then drive home. i drove home in rwd and babied it. i was just hoping this would be enough time for a proper seal?

how long would you guys leave it to set before filling with oil let alone driving?

keeping in mind i have done sump gaskets before with blackmax let it sit for 20 mins after bolting it back up, fill with oil and then road test, and all was good.

[turboedsloth]

When using the blackmax i'd let it sit for a few minutes before fitting to the block/diff housing then fit it and let it dry for half hr to an hr. But thats just me if it didnt leak after the driving it musnt need curing for that long

[RBish]

yeah my boss was rushing me outta the workshop. in a perfect world i would have given it 24hrs to cure. if it leaks im gonna jack it up at home and use toyota red sealant.

[RBish]

its leaking now gonna do it at home in my own time, catch the oil and use toyota drive line sealant.