Best temporary fix for an exhaust leak

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  1. LDR

    LDRed Well-Known Member

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    Any suggestions?

    I don't fancy using that awful repair "paste" as it goes everywhere and just falls off after a day or two!
     
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    Earplugs...
     
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    Bit of cheese sauce in the hole
     
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    I was contemplating using tin foil, surely that would work as a temporary measure? It needs to be replaced at some point soon any way.
     
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    Tin can cut open to make a sheet and some baling wire. Otherwise could see if secondhand available. Never works for long.
     
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    Replacing it at the end of the month before its MOT any way, so it is a very temporary repair I'm after :)
     
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    gun gum/paste but they don't last long no matter how well they're done
     
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    Just drive about with it and not give a **** like a bird on stocks lane who dove around on a flat for two months.

    Safest drive ever though you needed to be dead not to hear her coming.
     
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    Turn the radio up ;)


    If you play (rap music with the windows open and baseball hat on backwards no one will be any the wiser :p
     
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    It is starting to sound rather chavtastic when I pull away from junctions with the added "bass" to the exhaust!
     
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    It's over a metre long, just wrap it around a few times. It might not provide a perfect gas tight seal, but it'll muffle the majority of the noise. It's much better than that gum **** and a doddle to put on.
     
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    Has anyone ever put a potato in an exhaust pipe? What happens?
     
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    You end up with some burnt chips
     
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    Gun gum repair bandage and a bit of their paste, I once put some on just to tide me over for a few days until I could get it sorted - I totally forgot about it and 4 months later when the car was serviced I had a new back section fitted. The paste on its own is absolutely rubbish.
     
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