Rear tire low air pressure
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Rear tire low air pressure
Hi All, Coming home tonight, I got the low tire pressure message for my right rear tire. It read low air pressure, 23 lbs., stop and put in air soon. Luckily, I found a gas station on the Merrit Parkway with free air! I looked the tire over, found nothing, filled it with air and drove home. So far, the tire seems to be holding the air. Has any one had a similar experience?
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Yep....if you don't find a nail, probably something wrong in the valve or around the valve. Spray some soapy water around the valve- then move the valve around a little and see if you see any air coming out.
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before you do that, this morning use your hand held gauge to test the tire pressure now in there (presumed: you put in the difference betw. 23lbs. and about 30 or so). if it is too high, it could be the tire pressure sensor itself is going bad. but the other advice above is good if the tire is up to correct pressure this morning.
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I've had three rear tires replaced in the last ten months. All with foreign objects that I could not spot while the tire was on the car. In two cases the tire lost 1-2 pounds a day, but in the other case it was losing only a pound every 2-3 days. They went "flat" very slowly. I've learned to check the cold pressure every day when I suspect a leak.
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I was losing 5lbs of air every two weeks in my left rear. Couldn't find any nail, but sure enough I had one - close to the wide wall so the tire was trash with only 500 miles on it. Got it replaced for free under the GY road hazard warranty. Tire may be crap but the warranty is excellent.
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I had a slow leak on my DD that was dropping about 10psi a week.. I took it in twice before they could find the issue! They finally tracked it down to a bead leak.. Once they pulled the tire and cleaned the bead the leak was gone.. Not sure how it occured since I had not had the tires off for a long time but that was the fix..
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Hi All, Coming home tonight, I got the low tire pressure message for my right rear tire. It read low air pressure, 23 lbs., stop and put in air soon. Luckily, I found a gas station on the Merrit Parkway with free air! I looked the tire over, found nothing, filled it with air and drove home. So far, the tire seems to be holding the air. Has any one had a similar experience?
know if there has been a sudden drop?
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Hi guys, thanks for the replies. While out in the daylight, I found the culprit: A nail. Any advice about repairing the tire? Is this covered by Goodyear road hazard? What about those beautiful rims? Should I worry?
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Take it to your local Discount Tire - they fix flats for free.
As long as it's in from the shoulder far enough then it's repairable with a proper plug/patch and it will retain it's speed rating.
I just found a nail in the RR tire on the ZR1. I've taken several Z06 and ZR1 punctured tires to my local Discount Tire, and they always have done a great job being very careful with the wheels - and with the recent repair of the tire on my ZR1 Comp Gray wheel you can't even tell it had been worked on.
It's free - but I always slip the tire guy a nice tip!!
Bob
As long as it's in from the shoulder far enough then it's repairable with a proper plug/patch and it will retain it's speed rating.
I just found a nail in the RR tire on the ZR1. I've taken several Z06 and ZR1 punctured tires to my local Discount Tire, and they always have done a great job being very careful with the wheels - and with the recent repair of the tire on my ZR1 Comp Gray wheel you can't even tell it had been worked on.
It's free - but I always slip the tire guy a nice tip!!
Bob
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