Possibly a dumb question on slow flats

drtylilman · Post by **drtylilman** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:25 am

I just put a set of Firestone 23 degrees on my truck a few months ago and the front left tyre developed a bit of a slow leak possibly form a hedge hog I ran over. I blow the tyre up and the next day it would be half flat.

Any how I went out one weekend to play in the mud and my tyre fixed itself. I'm planning a 1000k trip to Alex this month, anyone think it would pay to drop in to a tyre place even though the tyre has stopped going down?

I really don't want to have to switch the spare half way down as the spare is on some ugly rims. :roll:

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:56 am

As Clint Eastwood said "Do you feel lucky..."

Me I wouldn't worry about it, till it opens up again... the reason why is slow leaks can be very hard to find... if they can't find it in the bath the next option is a tube and depending on size and type $25-$75 plus fitting etc another $10... :wink:

me I'm a cheap bastard :lol:

if you stick to the main roads there's plenty of gas stations allong the way and they all have free air... then when starts to leak take it to the tire place, easy to find the leak, easily fixed

and if you get the right tire shop or you get your miss's to drive it in ... its a free fix

Cheers Reece

drtylilman · Post by **drtylilman** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:50 pm

Thanks de-ranged. My dash board light seems to have fixed itself too. I think next time something breaks I'll just go out and play in the mud heaps cheaper than a machanic.

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:17 pm

If only it was that easy :roll:

Cheers Reece

PajeroMan · Post by **PajeroMan** » Wed May 10, 2006 2:43 pm

Hey There Dude,

May i recomend that you do (when you ahve a chance) pop into a tyre shop just to check the tyre out. The reason i mention this is i had a similar problem, Slow leak and then it was sweet, acouple weeks later it devolped again. I went off road and on my way up a very step hill i was kanning it to get to the top and hit a rock, The rock must have hit very close to where the slow leak was and ll the pressure from the hit, ruptured the hole right open.

I had to change a tyre on a very step and sandy hill, I will tell you that was no fun, took 5 times as long as it should!

Safe option: Get it checked out! A few dollars for a tube is cheaper than a new tyre!

mudchuka · Post by **mudchuka** » Thu May 11, 2006 12:02 am

hey there , i had a similar experience with a slow leak that i never fixed , and one day i was going for a sunday drive going a bit fast and i lost control of the vehicle and crashed, narrowly missing a power pole. this could have been avoided if i had fixed the tyre. 3 tyres at 40 psi and 1 at 5psi makes the vehicle hard to control once it steps out on you. my 2c lifes too short.

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Thu May 11, 2006 12:40 am

where abouts are you? if your going through christchurch or welly or palmy and a couple of other places drop into tonys tyres, FREE puncture repairs! just dont let them upsell you :wink:

then its free weather they find somthing or not. cant complain at that.

PajeroMan · Post by **PajeroMan** » Thu May 11, 2006 8:14 am

WACKO wrote:where abouts are you? if your going through christchurch or welly or palmy and a couple of other places drop into tonys tyres, FREE puncture repairs! just dont let them upsell you then its free weather they find somthing or not. cant complain at that.

Cool, You a tonys boy huh? One of our biggest customers. but you are right, Just get your tyre checked out and fixed. You will be glad you did!

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Thu May 11, 2006 3:39 pm

Yep, use the freebie-force, luke... Tonys will fix it free, and give you a cuppa in the process.

Don't keep driving it, cos thats something I would do... and you should never copy me :lol:

Can't say I've every bought anything off them, but my uncle swears by the way they look after his tyres and hes a fussy bugger!

Steve

drtylilman · Post by **drtylilman** » Fri May 12, 2006 12:31 am

Yep, thanks all for the advice. I stopped in one morning to get it checked out. Turns out is was mud that was causing the leak. Somehow it managed to get in between the tyre and the rim.

When I went out inthe mud again, must have got new mud in there whcih blocked the leak. Any how they cleaned it all out and it's been sweet.

I've been thinking of getting bigger tyres now tho. Maybe 33 or 35" as I keep bottoming out on diff. Damn thing just seems to dig in and get hung up no matter how fast I take it.

PajeroMan · Post by **PajeroMan** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:29 am

drtylilman wrote:Yep, thanks all for the advice. I stopped in one morning to get it checked out. Turns out is was mud that was causing the leak. Somehow it managed to get in between the tyre and the rim.

When I went out inthe mud again, must have got new mud in there whcih blocked the leak. Any how they cleaned it all out and it's been sweet.

I've been thinking of getting bigger tyres now tho. Maybe 33 or 35" as I keep bottoming out on diff. Damn thing just seems to dig in and get hung up no matter how fast I take it.

Cool, Jump onto 4wdbits.co.nz for a hell hook up on bigger tyres. Warren there is awsome at helping you out.

Rangielux · Post by **Rangielux** » Fri May 12, 2006 8:38 am

If you are heading offroad regulary you need to seriously consider fitting tubes all round (doesn't sound like you've got any in at the mo?)

You'll be able to run lower pressures and all the rest. And nothing is worse than sliding off a ridge into a rut on the track and blowing both bottom side tyres off the rims :oops:

seen that happen sooo many times.