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Flat tyre - tyres two weeks old wtf ?

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  • 12-06-2008 12:33pm
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    lil-buttons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭


    WTF ?

    So got a flat two weeks ago today - was told needed full set of tyres so bought them! Great --- yeah right ! Got a flat today like WTF ?

    How is this possible tyres are two weeks old !

    Can any1 tell why this is so ?

    Thanks
    lil-b


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Emmm ...nails, screws ... anything that you've driven over that could punch a hole into a tyre


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    lil-buttons
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭lil-buttons


    There doesnt seem to be anything like that visible!
    But seriously!
    Someone said possibly a faulty tyre ?


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Well, you've either got a puncture in your tyre ar a faulty valve.

    Get it checked, it might be possible to simply repair it.


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    Ta me anseo
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭Ta me anseo


    Just because nothing is visible doesn't mean that nothing punctured it. You can easily drive over a nail, screw or bit of glass, get a tiny hole in your tyre and then have the nail, screw, bit of glass come loose and fall off later on.

    If it is a result of the fitting it is most likely the valve.

    Was it a slow puncture or did you come out to the car one morning to find the tyre completely flat?


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    Zube
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭Zube


    lil-buttons wrote: »
    There doesnt seem to be anything like that visible!
    But seriously!
    Someone said possibly a faulty tyre ?

    Could be, but it might just be a puncture, new tyres are not immune. If it's a puncture, the tyre is new so it should be a cheap repair job rather than another tyre.


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    roughan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭roughan


    lil-buttons wrote: »
    WTF ?

    So got a flat two weeks ago today - was told needed full set of tyres so bought them! Great --- yeah right ! Got a flat today like WTF ?

    How is this possible tyres are two weeks old !

    Can any1 tell why this is so ?

    Thanks
    lil-b


    are you being serious??
    sure you could have drove over a nail leaving the place where you bought the tyres ????????


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    alias no.9
    Registered Users Posts: 6,310 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    Bring it back to the place where you bought it. If the tyre the leak is at the rim or the valve, I'd expect them to fix it for free, if the tyre is pierced they may charge you but a lot of places will fix it for free if you've just bought a full set of tyres from them.


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    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    It doesn't matter what age a tyre is, if you put a hole in it air will come out. Are you driving on a building site or anything? High risk of nails etc around those.
    Just put on the spare, bring that wheel in, ask to have the puncture repaired and they'll find the hole and plug or patch it. If the valve is fecked, tell them to replace it free as they should have replaced it with the new tyre.


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,244 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Are there any kids playing around where your car is parked up? Is it possible one of them maybe letting the air out of your tyre for a laugh?

    Get the tyre inspected again, it could simply be bad luck where you got another punction or the tyre valve is faulty.


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    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Could a buckled rim cause the air to escape?


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    Slig
    Registered Users Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭Slig


    If it isnt a puncture it could be that you damaged the rim of your wheel by hitting a footpath, kerb etc. This means replacing the rim.
    If its a puncture then you are in for some serious expenditure. Prices for patching a punctured tyre can be as high as 10 euro:eek:


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    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭ShayK1


    eoin_s wrote: »
    Could a buckled rim cause the air to escape?

    I don't think a buckle will cause a leak but a serious dint in the rim could.


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    Andrewf20
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Andrewf20


    The rim is what I was thinking. Check both sides of course.

    Not sure how fast you tyre loses pressure, but if nothing obvious is found, you could put the wheel in a bath of water and check for bubbles, bicycle wheel style, it may give clues. Half fill the bath and roll / manually rotate the wheel and tyre in it. Or have a listen for a small hiss somewhere quite.


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    crosstownk
    Registered Users Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    No guarantees against punctures. It's not a rim/seating problem - it wouldn't have take two weeks to go down.

    Sounds like a puncture to me........
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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Get some of this. Tyre repair centers hate it. :D


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,317 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    crosstownk wrote: »
    Sounds like a puncture to me........
    You mean like this...... Hissssssssss? :D

    Not your ornery onager



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