Jeff: My experience with these products is that they are for getting the
car through inspections and then they fall off. Like right off several days
later. Think about what you are really expecting them to do: stick to a
dirty rusty old pipe that expands and contracts a whole lot, and that is
pressurized to boot. And rattles around. Just my 2 cnts.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 4:39 PM
Subject: exhaust bandage
>Does anyone have experince with exhaust pipe repair kits? I have a small
>hole in the pipe. It is on the top surface of the pipe, just below my feet,
>of course. Welding is out for now as I've spent my car budget for the rest
>of the year...
>
>There appears to be a couple of types of kits for this. One is goo in a
>tube that you squirt into the hole. It then hardens overnight. The other
>type uses some type of wrap. One wrap kit has a adhesive-backed foil tape
>as a heat sheild. This is wrapped around the pipe. Then, an adehsive-backed
>strip of plastic or fiberglass is wrapped around this. When heated, it's
>supposed to all melt together. The wrap kit has a thin piece of metal that
>you're supposed to form around the pipe. The pipe and shield are then
>wrapped with a strip of fiberglass cloth that you've previously dipped into
>some undefined goo in a pouch. This too is supposed to form a solid patch
>upon heating.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>Jeff
>
>Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
>Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
>http://www.molvis.org/molvis
>"Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"
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