Sodding tyres...

Jun 17, 2010 3 Replies

Monday evening - swapped a tyre over on SWMBO's 2cv - big nail right through the tread, so no doubting there was an issue. Whilst I'd got the compressor out, I went round the other cars and checked the pressures. Including the spares (first time in ages, I will admit) - the Saab spacesaver was down to ~20psi from the 60 it should've been.



Tuesday evening - one of the Saab rears was extremely soft - still holding the rim off the ground, but barely. On with the newly reinflated spacesaver.



Weds evening - get round to checking that tyre, now completely flat. Nothing in the tread to cause a problem. No sidewall damage. Valve looks fine. Reinflate it.



Thurs am - Oh, look - it's still at full pressure.



I _hate_ things like this. Will I go out there this eve and it be flat? Will it suddenly have a sulk and go flat half way down a back lane on a pissing wet night?



If something's going to give me s*it, I'd rather it gave me CONSISTENT s*it...


sometimes the vehicle weight can cause the tyre to deform a little and you have a leak, with the car parked on a different bit of tread the fault goes away: hard to find !! could be a bead leak or a tiny nail, could even be a dodgy valve and reinflating it sealed it again. spray bottle with some washing up liguid and water will soon find it.

"Mrcheerful" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Possible. There's a few stone-tears in the tread which are reasonably deep, but nothing that seems deep enough to cause a problem. After re- inflation, I went over it with a screwdriver and generally poked, prodded and manipulated them - nothing.

I strongly suspect that's what it is - a bit of dirt in the valve. The dust cap had gone awol - I put another on after checking it on Monday.

In message , Adrian writes

Bit of fine dirt in the valve? Shifted when you inflated from almost flat?

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