ok well its not punctures, long story short bought a car that had been sat up couple years with flat tyres, sold the car but kept wheels, now after a couple days standing 3 wheels go flat, dont think punctures i think its just not seating on the bead properly, the car doent get used



spose ill have to get the tyres removed and checked but would it be worth me say putting n 40 psi and taking car for a good run? i did try it last year but only put 30 psi in

 

The tyres have either become mal formed and aren't sealing properly or the rubber has perished.

New tyres time.

 

my alloys kept doing this

just take your alloys down to a tyre place n get them checked

it probably just the alloys need skimming on the inner lip to make a better seal

 

usually slow punctures are caused by the inner part of the valve becoming loose.

First point of call is to tighten the inner part of the valve (the wee pin bit that u push to let the air out) if not, try the other methods.

Last time i had a slow puncture it worked perfectly. Saved me loads of time and effort

 

try the goo they slap on when fitting tyres,a good clean and some
of that may do the trick and cost not much

 

that would of been my first guess.

 

My brother owns a tyre fitting shop,and by the sounds of thing the tyre could have dried out with age causing the air to seep out,or there could have been moisture inside the tyre causing corrosion to the wheel and breaking the seal with the tyre causing air to leak

 

Long shot, but I have had air leak out of where a weight was clipped on the back of the wheel. Worth a look...

 

p.s if you live near streatham london,try my brothers shop it's streatham tyres 552 streatham high road,no doubt he'll be able to do you a deal on re-sealing the tyres,just mention you got the name from me

 

could you explain how to tighten this please

my fiesta has a slow puncture

 

Theres a tool you use any tyre fitters will have one m8.

 

you can get at it with some thin long nose pliers and turn it clockwise

 

WE HAVE SOME BEAD SEALER AT WORK , WE FIT TYRES ITS REAL BLACK CRAPPY STUFF THAT SEALS THEM REALLY WELL , THAT WUD DO IT I RECON TAKE WHEELS OFF AND POUR WATER ON THE RIMS AND SEE IF BUBBLES APPEAR IF SO THEN ITS BLACK GOO TIME , U CUD ALWAYS GET SOME GREEN GOO THAT STOPS PUNCTURES I RATE IT VERY HIGHLY , YOU LET TYRE DOWN PUT THE GREEN GOO IN THROUGH THE VALVE THEN REINFLATE DO ALL 4 THEN NEVER SUFFER PUNTURES AGAIN ITS AWSUM USED IT ON MY GIXER WHEN I HAD IT

 

can it be bought at shops? i have maccess acount etc

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SLIME-16oz-Tub...QQcmdZViewItem



ive used it as said its ace

hang on not sure if this is exactly the same tho , the stuff we had stayed in the tyre for its life and sealed up 2 about 400 punctures

 

Borrow or buy a cheap child's paddling pool, half fill it with water, put the complete wheel in, top up with water till it's covered and look for where the leaks are.

Don't they teach anyone anything at school nowadays.


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That slime stuff is shite.
Use ULTRASEAL, seals all punctures and no more slow leaks, will seal up to 6mm holes so screws etc can just be pulled out.
When I saw this stuff demoed to me it had 50(FIFTY) 4mm punctures put in the inflated tyre at 32psi, tyre was then spun and sealed perfect but did lose 1psi!!
No more scrap tyres as the "hole is to close to the edge" etc just pull out object and drive, safe for all cars and bikes, used in NI for the troops, amd also STINGER PROOF(it seals the tubes!!) so useful for any budding bank robbers.
tabetha

 

I'm a fitter

Deteriation of the tyre causing it to leak out the sidewalls is a rare occurace mate.

Its a simple bead seal that all, they'll take the tyres off scrub the lip of the rim up with a wire brush and put proper sealer on it , its only a thick glue and works better than anythin with no mess , dont put the slime in it'll make a right mess mate and isnt needed.

 

my old dust caps had the tool on the top ..handy

worse thing is with low profile skins is they look ok ..till you drive away

no wobble or fook all ..then you get the EVIL smell ..after a mile driving



Ł120 for f1s is a pain in the arse

 

Yeah a Valve Key doubt all 3 would be loose though