Slow Leak...

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Uncle Vinnie

One of my tires has a slow leak... it will lose about 10lbs over 2 weeks,
another 5 over the next 2, and then remain somewhat stable over the next few
months...

No hole to be found, valve seems Ok.. maybe the rim?

Is there any liquid fill that might work? Thanks!
 
Uncle said:
One of my tires has a slow leak... it will lose about 10lbs over 2 weeks,
another 5 over the next 2, and then remain somewhat stable over the next few
months...

No hole to be found, valve seems Ok.. maybe the rim?

Is there any liquid fill that might work? Thanks!
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i've had this with a couple of tyres - in both cases it was the valve that
needed replacing.

E.
 
Thanks all... I took the smart way out.. I brought the car into a tire
guy... submerged and all, he could not find any leak....(there is a slight
bend on the inside rim..)...

So I asked him anyway to replace the valve, inspect, and remount with
bead-seal (both sides), and re- balance..

Let's see how thinks go form here....

Thanks again!
 
Uncle said:
Thanks all... I took the smart way out.. I brought the car into a tire
guy... submerged and all, he could not find any leak....(there is a slight
bend on the inside rim..)...

So I asked him anyway to replace the valve, inspect, and remount with
bead-seal (both sides), and re- balance..

Let's see how thinks go form here....

Thanks again!
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If the valve has not been replaced in 3-4 years it might get a bit hard
or even split, but I find the main problem with older car is corrosion
on the rim. The only proper solution is a sand down by hand respray the
sealing rim with primer/paint/lacquer. Alternatively you can get a
professional full restore with sand blast etc, but watch for those guys
that just do a cosmetic job and don;t do the inside.

This certainly works with alloys, but is alot harder with steel rims,
normally I replace with good alloys then.
 
Thank you Tony-

For sure, these wheels are a little beaten up- the previos owner really
didn't respect this car... and perhaps I jumped a little too quickly... not
many convertibles were around at the time....

So far, it seems Ok.. still keeping an eye on it....
 
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