Exahust Leak Temporary Fixes?
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Exahust Leak Temporary Fixes?
I have a crack on my front pipe where the hanger meets the pipe. Its under warranty and Im waiting on my buddy who installed the pipe to install the new one (which I have because the pipe is still under warranty). Im getting real tired on the buzzing noise and was wondering what I can temporarily do before i return it. I dont want to weld it because the pipe is going back. I tried the exhaust tape and it just fell off maybe i didnt do it right? I just wrapped it around the pipe and hanger and drove. Any ideas?
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I have a crack on my front pipe where the hanger meets the pipe. Its under warranty and Im waiting on my buddy who installed the pipe to install the new one (which I have because the pipe is still under warranty). Im getting real tired on the buzzing noise and was wondering what I can temporarily do before i return it. I dont want to weld it because the pipe is going back. I tried the exhaust tape and it just fell off maybe i didnt do it right? I just wrapped it around the pipe and hanger and drove. Any ideas?
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To bad it's on a bend. If it was on a strait sections they make a clamp that you could put on it. But since it is on a bend you can try what I did on one of my other vehicles. I used the exhaust tape like you did but after I put the tape I put a couple of hose clamps and it did hold for a couple of months until I was able to get it repaired correctly.
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To bad it's on a bend. If it was on a strait sections they make a clamp that you could put on it. But since it is on a bend you can try what I did on one of my other vehicles. I used the exhaust tape like you did but after I put the tape I put a couple of hose clamps and it did hold for a couple of months until I was able to get it repaired correctly.
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I have one better. When I was 16 with my first car I had to patch a leak in my exhaust pipe with a tin can and a couple of hose clamps it worked for about 3 months until I had the money to have the pipe replaced and it would have lasted for a lot longer if I had to leave it on longer. It may sound funny but it worked...
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They might have outlawed it because of asbestos. We use to be able to get this sort of "tape". Not really tape but about 16 in, 2 inch wide fiber stuff. Maybe 1/4 in thick while soaking or fluffed up. You soak it for a few hrs, then wrap and smear/form it. Like paper mashet'! After you run it and get good and hot a few times, it will outlast anything else there. Turns to like a heat-proof epoxy-like fiber reinforced solid.
I looked for it a while back, but only found that thin "lawn chair" looking stuff.
Giants, if it's just that little hole, clamp a penny on it with a stainless hose clamp? What do you have to loose?
I looked for it a while back, but only found that thin "lawn chair" looking stuff.
Giants, if it's just that little hole, clamp a penny on it with a stainless hose clamp? What do you have to loose?
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They might have outlawed it because of asbestos. We use to be able to get this sort of "tape". Not really tape but about 16 in, 2 inch wide fiber stuff. Maybe 1/4 in thick while soaking or fluffed up. You soak it for a few hrs, then wrap and smear/form it. Like paper mashet'! After you run it and get good and hot a few times, it will outlast anything else there. Turns to like a heat-proof epoxy-like fiber reinforced solid.
I looked for it a while back, but only found that thin "lawn chair" looking stuff.
Giants, if it's just that little hole, clamp a penny on it with a stainless hose clamp? What do you have to loose?
I looked for it a while back, but only found that thin "lawn chair" looking stuff.
Giants, if it's just that little hole, clamp a penny on it with a stainless hose clamp? What do you have to loose?
, 10-4. I seem to remember using allot of wire and sections of coffee cans on a muffler at some point. 
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