I have a question, my front passenger tire seems to be losing air pressure throughout the day...I just got it changed yesterday and bout half way thru the day the tire was almost flat. After I got off work I drove to the gas station and put some air into it. Then this morning when I got to class I noticed the tire was once again going flat.....
what is wrong with my tire? The tire before that did the same thing but only because there was a nail in it but now the new tire is going flat and I have no clue why! Any answers would be appreciated.
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did you possibly run over somethin else? air could be coming out of the valve stem too, are they capped? also the bead might not be sealed all the way around the rim.
I'd go over it with a spray bottle to try and find bubbles if it's leaking that fast. A bit of soap in the mix helps. Failing that, you could dunk the whole tire in a tub of water to do the same thing. If it's going flat on a daily basis, you might even be able to hear where it's leaking from. With any luck, the leak will be in a place easy to fix. I've applied a couple of tubeless tire plugs on my own with good results.
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1)I'm not sure if I ran over anything but I will check.
2)no the stem wasn't capped....morons didnt bother putting the cap back on, I noticed it when I put air in my tire last night but it doesn't seem to be leaking from the cap. But juss in case Im gonna cap it when I get home...luky for me I saved the stock caps lol.
Whats buggin me is that all my tires are used and the other three are holding up fine...why is this only one giving me trouble? I've had my z24 rims for about 2-3 months now and none of the tires have given me trouble except that particular one.
no more cavy...now 240 =]
I see a cool-air intake
It's got a NOS-fogger system and a T-4 turbo
I see an A.I.C. controller
It has direct port nitrous injection
Yeah, a stand-alone fuel management system
...Not a bad way to spend $10,000
the list of things to check(usually leaking in this order if a tire were new, but should still apply to a used tire but 4 may be first)
1. valve core(either not tight or some dirt in it)
2. valve stem(sometimes there is corrosion around the base of the stem that will cause it to leak, the stem could be damaged as well).
3. the bead. moisture will cause the rim to corrode and will leave an uneven surface that the tire bead will not be able to make a good contact with the air will leak out through the bumps(tire could also be pitted from corrosion on the rim)
4. something in the tire (sometimes it could be the smallest of things(you would be surprised what you can find in a tire, anything as small as a thin wire or staple to things like pliers, keys, sockets, door handles, break pads, scissors, wrenches, just to name a few)
5. the rim it self could be cracked(does not happen often under normal conditions)
the first three can happen if when the tires were mounted they were not paying attention or did not change stems(#2 is a hard one to catch if you are not looking for it as it can be very minor)
and that is usualy the list
it is very likely that if the tire that is leaking now was on the same rim as the tire that was leaking before, there could be something wrong with the rim(corrosion, small crack, bad stem if they did not change it) that could have been causing the other tire to leak as well (it is usually easier to blame the visable things first and not even notice something else)
hope that helps
that helps alot! yeathe tire is on the same rim, im startin to think it mite be the rim itself. I think it mite have been that stupid little reflector thing on the road, cuz wen i was driving I changed lanes kina quickly cuz I 4got I had to turn n the lane I turned into had those huge round reflectors on the ground n I went over one. After that the tires were going flat so that mite have damaged my rim. I'll check it later when I get home, hopefully my tire will have air in it when I get out of class lol.
no more cavy...now 240 =]
I see a cool-air intake
It's got a NOS-fogger system and a T-4 turbo
I see an A.I.C. controller
It has direct port nitrous injection
Yeah, a stand-alone fuel management system
...Not a bad way to spend $10,000
unlikely the rim is actually damaged unless it was the reflector was big, but dunking it in a big tub will usually do the trick, and overinflating the tire does not always work to find a leak either, somethings it closes it up a little and it may not leak, but try normal pressure and over inflated a little, hopefully that will do the trick,
soap and water will work as well, soak it and just let it sit and it will usually start to bubble really good, if it does not dry anyway
I forgot to mention the wheel weights, the 95-99 z wheels use an "aw" wheel weight, they are also very bad for leaking air, the clips on them go so far onto the rim that they will usually cause the tire to leak, This may not be the problem, but that is another issue with the 95-99 z wheels
