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Subject:Re: jbweld on exhaust
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 29 Dec 2000 21:14:03 -0500

Hi Jason --

At 09:00 PM 12/29/2000, Jason Yasment wrote:
>pinhole leaks in the exhaust with jbweld?  Will jbweld
>hold up to exhaust temps?

I'd be extremely surprised if it did.  Out at the cold end perhaps.  I 
wouldn't expect it to be good for more than 250F sustained, possibly 300? 
-- but not anything close to 600F, which is the sort of temp where the O2 
sensor starts working.  Pity...

david

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