How To Install Exhaust Repair Tape

How to Repair a Muffler with Tape

by Justin Cupler

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After you've endemic a car for a few years, the muffler may be in need of small repair. It might exist damaged by touch with debris on the route or could fall victim to the corrosive furnishings of rust. A small-scale hole in the muffler tin be repaired using muffler tape. This tape is designed to bond to the metallic muffler using heat from the exhaust. Information technology is important to seal whatsoever holes in your muffler as soon as possible considering exhaust leaks are harmful to the environs, noisy and can allow fumes to contaminate the passenger cabin. This repair projection is straightforward and requires only a few tools.

Step 1

Raise the rear of the vehicle with the floor jack and position the jack stands under the jacking points on each side of the car. Lower the vehicle onto the jack stands and exit the floor jack in place for later use.

Step 2

Locate the muffler on your vehicle -- it is the oval-shaped tin can at the rear of the frazzle pipes. Visually inspect the muffler and locate the hole.

Step three

Wipe the unabridged muffler clean, using a store rag with a soap and water mix. Allow the muffler to air dry thoroughly.

Step four

Pull the newspaper backing from the [muffler tape](https://itstillruns.com/muffler-record-5935679.html) and start wrapping the muffler a few inches from the hole. Overlap the record about 1 inch each fourth dimension around the muffler.

Step 5

Continue wrapping until the hole is completely covered and the muffler tape extends one inch across the pigsty on the other side.

Step six

Lift the rear of the vehicle off of the jack stands with the flooring jack. Remove the jack stands and lower the vehicle to the ground. Pull the floor jack out from under the vehicle.

Start the engine and let it idle for almost xv minutes to bond the tape to the muffler.

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