Your probably right .
However as more cars are supplied without any spare wheel at all. The temptation to use such a sealant will be more as time goes on. One death will be too many. I am just asking for anyone with an informed opinion to come forward and say what they think or know about the product.. So far no one has given an informed opinion so no postings are worth taking any notice of.
Why not start one of those online petitions before it's too late!
How surprised are you?
Personally I think the responses are worth every penny you paid to ask the question.
I agree Ask monkeys a question and get monkey talk.
LOL
Cant do monkey talk so Homer Simpson will have to do
Dooooooooooogh )) Hope you understood
So glad.
Yes I should not have asked Monkeys for an opinion. But thank you for trying to respond.
I see its past your bed time so try and be good. Sleep well and don't let the demons talk to you in you sleep. Help is on the way.
I have a City & Guilds 383 Pt2 Repair and Servicing of Road Vehicles so it's up to you to decide from that whether my reply was worth taking notice of or not...
There's an often apt phrase "A fool and his money are often parted".
So as a qualified mechanic, I'm just a monkey then?
OK, no problem but that makes you dumber than one.
And TV shopping channels are full of an amazing oil additive that coats internal engine parts and will let you drive for dozens of miles flat out with no oil or water in the engine.
One born every minute..
No, cheap mickey mouse s*it off Ebay and TV shopping channels is. The proper stuff as used in WRC cars which is infinitely more expensive works as the cheap stuff claims to.
The catastrophic failure is caused by the tyre going flat, not the nail.
Well most of the vehicles that we use around the wood working shop run on tire sealant & their tyres wear out & get replaced due to lack of tread, not catastrophic failure. Or sidewall damage. Repairing holes with plugs is common practice.
Why? In what sense is it any different to a patched tyre? Personally I don't think it's economic & it doesn't work particularly well.
3.289x where x = the length of a piece of string.
Steve
Interesting observation. So what you are saying is, Continuing to drive with a nail in a tyre will not cause any further damage.
Yes. However if your tyre is punctured too close to a side wall they will not repair it. Why is that the case? If a tyre with sealant in it is punctured in the same place why is it ok to continue to drive on that tyre?
OK so are you saying that a tyre with a repair is less safe or les likely to create a problem than a tyre being kept inflated by the sealant?
Because of the way a tyre is constucted. A puncture in the sidewall is pretty much guaranteed to have damaged the bands that are in it.
It isn't other than the shortest possible distance to get you to a place of safety.
A tyre with a repair is more safe and less likely to create a problem.=20 Also when it comes to replacement time, you'll find it =A330 cheaper to=20 fit.
--=20 Conor
I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
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