In article <br2vbu$5m9$1@newsreader.wustl.edu>, "XG" <gungxu@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having a small leaking in head exhaust pipe (A pipe I think the mechanic
> called so). Most of it is still good but have some leaking in the soft
> region. It looks like there is some kind of metal matrix wrapped on it. This
> leaking should relate to the exhaust smell in the car when stopping in the
> traffic light (sure not from other cars cause this happens in the parking
> lot). Since the whole pipe is quite expensive, is there some kind of tape
> that can endure high temperature and I can just wrap this soft region to
> block the leaking for a while? Thanks for any suggestions!

I advise you to take it to several muffler shops and request that they cut
out the defective section of pipe and just replace the defective section
and leave everything else as is. If the muffler shop supervisor refuses
this request--say "thanks anyway" and find a muffler shop supervisor that
will do what you want. A tape repair will not solve the problem except on
a very short term basis.