Exhaust leak repair

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I am getting some blow by from the hose coupling joining the riser to a fiberglass elbow which then leads into what looks like a muffler via another hose coupling. I tried tightning the two hose clamps, and just ending up breaking them. I purchase new clamps, installed and still get this blow by streaming water mist.

I purchased some high temperature RTV today, and plan to losen up the hose clamps and squirt some in between the hose coupling, and fiberglass elbow, tighten down clamps, and wait a day to start and inspect for leaks. Does this seem to be a legitimate attack to cure my problem, or does somebody have an oppinion on a better way to do this?

Just to clarify it is not at the riser end of the coupling connection. These are crusader 350XL engines.

[Bob H.]

The hose itself is probably deteriorated internally. Hoses go bad from the inside out. It shouldn't take much clamp pressure to seal. Too much and you'll crack the coupling.

[Capt Kid]

i agree with bob here, many people dont know it but hose clamps have torque specs too... 60 inch lbs. or 5 ft lbs. seems silly but an overtightned clamp can lead to premature hose and clamp failure or whatever it is clamped to, to fail

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Thanks Guys.