Once again its winter in Minnesota and all of my tires or rims will frequently lose 10-20 lbs of air in 1-2 weeks. I've had them remounted a couple of times, but no luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Considering the age/condition of the vehicle (97 Avenger) I would be reluctant to purchase new rims (200.00+). Are there less costly ones (17 in. steel?) for this car. Thanks.
Aluminum Wheel - Slow Air Leak
Nov 24, 2008
5 Replies
Have you tried lightly sanding the rims with emery cloth and then using some RTV sealer when they re-mount the tires? This usually solves the problem for 4-5 years.
Bob
My brother had this problem years ago with an American Mag wheel. I think they had to put in an innertube to fix the problem.
-KM
Buy a set of steel rims and put snow tires on them.
Use your aluminum rims and el-cheapo (and probably half bald) all season tires for spring/summer/fall driving.
Anyone who doesn't do that, and lives in the snow/rust belt, is an idiot.
I had a spare that did this. Doing the following will fix the problem:
1) dismount the tires. 2) thoroughly clean the bead area on the rims by glass-beading or use Scotchbrite, etc. 3) fill any large pits with epoxy (smooth any high spots afterward). 4) prime and paint the bead area w/ glossy enamel paint (clear will work fine). 5) remount the tires.Mine didn't have any large pits, so all I did was glass-bead the bead area on the rim and paint it. It's been over 5 years and it hasn't leaked.
Bryan
did they clean off the white tarnish from the rims and use bead sealer a must with aluminum to seal tires to rims
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