Advice Needed Re: Repeated Flat Tyre (1 Viewer)

Apr 17, 2010
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Can I pick your brains,
I have a transit base duetto 1997, the front near side tyre was flat so I took it and had it checked - and was told there was nothing wrong with the tyre.
They resealed it pumped it up and Put it back on. The next morning
It went flat again - checked again in a different garage, again they couldn't find anything wrong.
It happened a third time and returned to first garage, they had the van all day it was fine I drove home and it was down in the morning. They
Suggested that I take it to an alloy place to ensure rust is gone and have it cleaned up. ( I have a nice shiny wheel)

I'm on my own and after three flats I left the spare on. Not being able to face it possibly going down anymore.( I had no car this week and was using van for work)
Two weeks later---
The daughter and son in law borrow van and bugger me the spare looks flat they pump it up and the following day its down again.
Is this just bad luck or could there be something else going on.

I want to try out my new shiny wheel and tyre but as I've no male in the house swapping over tyres on a van is not a quick easy job and I don't want to do it on my own. I can do it on my car but jacking up the van is stressful.
I have 600 miles to do in a couple of weeks help!
 

DP+JAY

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Is it possible that someone is letting it down(kids)?
 

jonandshell

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Cracked rim?
Spray soapy water around the inside of the well and look for bubbles.
I had a cracked weld on one of the wheels of my work van only 2 months ago. It went down daily and took a bit of finding.

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isitfriday
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I did think about kids but it also happened with spare whilst away? Umm how much are the cheap spy cameras?

Maybe it is just a set of unfortunate events. I'll get the son in law to put the " proper" shiny wheel back on and try out that one again.
Are slow leaks more likely in vans that aren't used much?
 
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do you have breakdown cover if so get them to change it

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oldmanriver

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Had the same problem on my car, small cracking on the inside of the rim had it welded no more problems
 

Brian and Jo

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If the tyre company has checked the tyre properly with soapy water and are sure 100% that it is not the tyre then I'm pretty sure it will be either the base of the valve,or there will be a hairline crack in the wheel.if that is the case then I definately wouldn't weld the wheel but get another wheel.there will be plenty on e-bay.
Brian & Jo
 

voyagerstan

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:cool: AProblem with alloy wheels . I saw one in Italy which had been on minibus just disintegrated , I would stick with steel especially heavy vehicles .

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At the moment I have a crack in an alloy wheel off the caravan, this was only detected by a full immersion in a proper tank at a good tyre fitters. I think this was caused by stress when using the motormovers on the caravan to slew round on one wheel. There are firms that refurbish and weld alloy wheels.

Why the same thing should happen to the spare is a mystery though.
 

JJ

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In the old days you could fit an inner tube and that sorted out any rim or wheel leaks.

I dare say I am a bit out of date these days though!

(Just had to do this on the rusty old wheel of my Lawnflite ride on mower.)

JJ :cool:

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pappajohn

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In the old days you could fit an inner tube and that sorted out any rim or wheel leaks.

I dare say I am a bit out of date these days though!

(Just had to do this on the rusty old wheel of my Lawnflite ride on mower.)

JJ :cool:
Cant fit tubes in tubeless tyres these days JJ....they rub through in no time
 
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Soapy water my arse.

What happened to the old fashioned tyre bath....total submersion will find any leaks, no matter where in the tyre or rim.
Exactly. Or take it in doors & fill bath & try in there.

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isitfriday
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They said they did immerse it, and my mistake in misleading folks I have steel but it's been checked, cleaned and sprayed at an alloy place, so it looks a bit posh.
But I decided to bite the bullet and put the posh shiny one on and see what happens.
Perhaps rig the van so anyone gets electrocuted if the let it down.
 
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Now I've found the shop I can suggest you buy some of Jim's special tyre pressure alarms, but having found the item in the shop atLink Removed when I clicked on the ad the page failed to load.... Might be my stone age computer, you may be able to load the page!

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Brian and Jo

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Soapy water my arse.

What happened to the old fashioned tyre bath....total submersion will find any leaks, no matter where in the tyre or rim.
Yes John soapy water----------it's in the tyre bath:rolleyes::p
And people wonder why I don't get involved with tyre threads:whistle:
Brian & Jo
 
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When I had my old Peugeot 405 estate with alloy wheels
I used to have to pump the tyres up continually due to leaky tyre valves. Hope you manage to solve the problem soon.
 

Moodybrook

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As a last resort why not inject with the instant repair kit some vehicles come with, instead of a spare wheel, the jungle juice you squirt in thro the valve having removed the valve core first (never used it but I think you remove the core) anyway it should seal porous tyres/wheels and rims.

Just a thought :)

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Hi folks I thought I would update you, I thought this is too stressful with the Scotland journey coming up so drove to scrap yard to get a different wheel. The young lad couldn't even tell if my tyres were alloy or steel. So I ran away from there.
They had a steel wheel but no tyres my size.
Drove to a recommended http://www.headleytyres.co.uk between Newbury and Basingstoke, after chatting on the phone. After three different establishments found nothing, They found the leak ,and as I suspected a leak in the spare, also pointed out that the spare I was driving on is twenty years old, so two new tyres and I hope they both stay up.
They also explained that the original wheels had been removed and a smaller size 14in alloy was put on.
What a difference having experienced fitters makes.

Now to tackle the fridge,
 
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Cripes... I hope I don't get a blowout on my lawn mower... I sometimes get up to 1 mph (down the slope).

JJ :cool:


glad to see you have found the problem :party::party:
i detest problems with tyres and wheels
it always costs a new tyre whenever it happens to me:wink:

red ones are a cause for concern

but customised blue ones seem not to be a problem
my sons on the lookout for a claret and blue one
for some reason

:wink::welc::blush::blush:
 
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Soapy water my arse.

What happened to the old fashioned tyre bath....total submersion will find any leaks, no matter where in the tyre or rim.
Health and safety, water goes stagnant, risk of legionnaires disease.
Have heard of someone that had constant problems with the bead seal. He put in some puncture sealant which then sealed the leak.

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