Replacing the pipe is obviously the right thing to do but I have a little
storry that might help some of you in a real emergency.

Years ago I saw ad on late night TV for a product called Magic Tape and I
just laughed to think anyone would believe those rediculous claims.. One
day I was in a trade supply shop and they had a similar product on the shelf
and I decided to buy a roll. The stuff sat in my tool box for over a year
until one very cold night I walk down to my basement a noticed a leak in one
of my boiler pipes. My 125 year old house doesn't have much insulation and
the idea of shutting down and draining my system was out of the question.

I grabbed that roll of tape and damb if it didn't work just great. It
stopped the leak completely and I proceeded to completely forget the pipe
needed repair until the follow spring. When I started to cut off the tape
( it bonds to itself and becomes a solid blob) to do a permanent repair I
was shocked to see the pipe had actually seperated from the fitting and
there was a gap of almost 1/8", but still no leak. The vulcanised blob had
stetched but held the pipes together and I was really impressed. Since
then I haven't been able to find the same product but I have used the
product from the TV ad ( Magic Tape) and it's not as easy to work but has
saved my butt more than once.

I don't work for the company I'm just a statified consumer.

Jimbo
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don't forget to plug w/chewing gum before applying the tape