Got a slow puncture... can I just patch up the inner tube and be legal and safe, or do I need to buy a whole new tyre?
2006-10-04 00:55:42 · 19 answers · asked by Mustard Jones 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Depends where the puncture is. Take it to the garage and they will tell you. Costs about 15 quid for a repair.
2006-10-04 00:59:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an inner tube, then yes you can patch the tube and be fine. However, most modern tyres(tires) do not have an inner tube, and the fix for a puncture is to plug the hole. This is best done at a tire shop, and it usually only costs $15 bucks (free if you have a road warranty on your tires)
2006-10-04 01:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
modern tyres do not have inner tubes and there is not a garage that will fit one either. Don't try to patch the tyre yourself, it is a specialist job and don't forget your life depends on it. Any tyre specialist will pump the tyre up, put in a bath of water to locate the leak and then mark it. The tyre fitter then puts a special tapered rubber plug in it and welds it in with an industrial glue. The tyre is then safe and legal to drive on. The job only costs about £8.
2006-10-04 02:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by audiojunkie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can patch it up if the tread on the tyre is above the legal limit, dont know how you can test that without taking to to a garage though. If the tread is fine then its perfectly ok to patch the puncture up and away you go. Better to have that done proffessionally though!
I worked in a garage on weekends while I was at school and that was one of my jobs, doing the punctures! It was so much fun, theres lots more to it than people think believe it or not lol.
I was prob the only trainee mechanic in London with full make up and nail varnish every day!
2006-10-04 01:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by Georgie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer your question;
Yes, the inner tube can be patched, no matter where the leak is.
If you don't have an inner tube, only a tire, then it would depend on where the leak is. If it's in the tread, then it can be patched or plugged. If it's on a sidewall, then a new tire will be needed.
Make sure that it's balanced after removing the tire, with or without an inner tube, as removing it may also move the balancing weights.
2006-10-04 01:06:11 · answer #5 · answered by Lucianna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
howdy that's anti-clockwise to un-do the wheel nuts, yet be particular you loosen them a turn earlier jacking up the automobile as this keeps the wheel in position, position a brick or a block of timber at the front and rear of a wheel thats no longer going to be lifted to maintain away from the automobile rolling and falling off the jack, if you're usin the emergancy jack that got here with automobile, i'd recommend you've each and every challenge accessible like the recent wheel waiting to positioned on instantly as those jacks are designed for in simple terms that an emergancy tyre replace in case you'll make the effort about it purchase a small trolley jack and axle stands then in case you want to get lower than the automobile you could jack it up and help it safely on the stands. If this is going to a ordinary challenge purchase a tyre wrench with an extending manage as this makes elementary paintings of the wheel nuts, good luck with it.
2016-12-04 05:02:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you know where the leak is just go to auto zone of pep boys or any other automotive store and purchase a tire repair kit @ 5 dollars and you can do it your self and keep the rest of it in the car as a emergency for future mishaps, alot cheaper then a new tire, also if your not sure where it is exactly spray some soapy water around and you should see the bubbles from the nail hole, and if you want to be safer in the future put a can of tire sealer (fixaflat) into each tire and take it for a ten to fifteen minute ride so it spreads evenly and it will be a self sealer tire in the event of a nail
2006-10-04 01:04:54 · answer #7 · answered by kustomflames@verizon.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tyres with tubes are old school. Its way better to buy the new style of tyre which has a built in tube fused into the outer rubber. They are safer, and more user friendly.
2006-10-04 01:01:29 · answer #8 · answered by THE WISE MAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your tyres are almost certainly tubeless. don't mess with a potentially fatal flaw, go to a tyre specialist. The law allows 2 correctly repaired punctures per tyre.
2006-10-04 01:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
car tyres don't have inner tubes nowadays, depending on how bad the puncture is it can be patched though!
2006-10-04 01:06:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋