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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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Pulled my wheels to clean them, Seen a nail in the tire, pull it out and no air is leaking, the nail was in no more than 1/2 inch should I have it checked out? It has been about 2 days and no change in tire pressure. BTW the car has not been drivin for 3 months so the nail was there for awhile. Am I safe? Thanks guys.
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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I'd say you're probably safe at normal speeds. AS long as you've gone this long with no air loss. If you're going to go over 100 I'd change it.

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If it was in the tread block and not leaking, your probably ok. Good thing you caught it and removed it. Keep an eye on the pressure.
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Thanks guys
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If it is not leaking by now, you should be fine.
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