Hole in exhaust pipe.

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:01 am

I've developed a hole in my Y pipe about the size of a quarter. Is it okay to drive it this weekend to a car show? I haven't had time to work on the poor thing!

Divers · Post by **Divers** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:17 am

Can you wrap it in "muffler" tape as a temp fix?

majicwrench · Post by **majicwrench** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:23 am

Mine had a hole there, I put a piece of tin over it and a hose clamp

about a year later hit a bump and the thing broke off and drug on the ground

So my 2 cents, if you are gonna use it, put something there to reinforce it just a bit.
Keith

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:45 pm

Oreilleys / autozone has a product called "tiger tape" or something dumb like that.
It's a fiberglass tape, self-adhering, that is designed to "fix" exactly what you're describing.
I wouldn't call it anything more than a band-aid, but should get you to your show and back, I would think.

The real danger, of course, is not damaging something on the car, but rather that the exhaust will rise into the cabin. And it will. And it;ll sit there.... it won;t rise because of the flow of air over the top of it when you;re moving.

4uall · Post by **4uall** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:27 pm

and dont forget the poor poor tigers that are slaughtered by the hundreds just so you can have tape

Remeber Esso slogan "put a tiger in your tank"?

Poor poor Tigers

majicwrench · Post by **majicwrench** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:13 pm

"Tiger Tape" I'm gonna have to get some, I hate exhaust work!
Thnks Maytag!

maytag · Post by **maytag** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:06 pm

majicwrench wrote:"Tiger Tape" I'm gonna have to get some, I hate exhaust work!
Thnks Maytag!

NO WAY... Don't start giving me credit for the CRAPPY stuff!

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