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02-16-2005, 07:42 PM
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Ahh WTF!
What in the world could have happened to my tires? I haven't done anything wrong with them... today I saw my front passenger tire was low so I filled them all up... then I go to work and when I go outside 5 hrs later... its back down to around 15 psi! Its not really going completely flat... but there is a big buldge... hmmm
02-16-2005, 07:43 PM
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unseated a bead?
check around the lip of the rim for air. get a spray bottle, fill it with soapy water, and spray around the rim to see if air is leaking.
check around the lip of the rim for air. get a spray bottle, fill it with soapy water, and spray around the rim to see if air is leaking.
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02-16-2005, 07:46 PM
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tires bulge if they have 15 psi in them... you probably have a nail in the tread... if it bulged @ say 40 psi, then you have a differnt problem, but as to your description that does not seem to be the case
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02-16-2005, 07:49 PM
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look like it might be the start of some sidewall seperation to break it down in simple terms a very un good thing to have on tires...I would not be driving them at speeds above 30 until check by a tire shop and more than likly replaced....
02-16-2005, 07:52 PM
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if it is losing air, the tire will bulge.... take it to a tire shop and have them do a flat repair....
unless there is something major wrong, and there probably isnt... all tires when aired down that low bulge!
unless there is something major wrong, and there probably isnt... all tires when aired down that low bulge!
02-16-2005, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by INsr5runner
if it's a nail, you could patch it. you can get a patch kit from wal mart
I'm in Georgia and everytime i go in there they dont charge for a patch.
02-16-2005, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon564
look like it might be the start of some sidewall seperation to break it down in simple terms a very un good thing to have on tires...I would not be driving them at speeds above 30 until check by a tire shop and more than likly replaced....
that's what I thought... use a spray bottle and look for a leak on the rim. it would be faster, and cheaper than taking it to a tire shop.
02-16-2005, 08:26 PM
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have a tire shop check it out... im not saying you cant do it yourself or that tire shop technicians are any better then you, but i used to work in a shop. and i was so used to finding nails that the untrained eye would have never seen, also they have a dunk tank, and using a dunk tank isolates the air more then a spray bottle as a spray pattern introduces bubles into the water left... and that can give a false reading by either making you think there is a whole where there isnt, or masking one up where there is one
