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Tire plug question
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Tire plug question
Not sure where to post this. But with all the geniuses that own C5s, I figured this would be as good as any place.
About 15 of us are doing a Sequoia run tomorrow morning, Sunday. This evening, I got a road hazard slit in my back tire. Slit is on bottom, not on side walls. Run Flats. It's my wife's 2001 Vert. No one around to fix or replace.
It took two plugs to stop the leak. Is this safe? We'll be going about 200 miles tomorrow. Of course, I'm going to replace the tire when I get back.
Thanks.
About 15 of us are doing a Sequoia run tomorrow morning, Sunday. This evening, I got a road hazard slit in my back tire. Slit is on bottom, not on side walls. Run Flats. It's my wife's 2001 Vert. No one around to fix or replace.
It took two plugs to stop the leak. Is this safe? We'll be going about 200 miles tomorrow. Of course, I'm going to replace the tire when I get back.
Thanks.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2002
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From: N.E. Phila. PA
Originally Posted by Black ZR1
Not sure where to post this. But with all the geniuses that own C5s, I figured this would be as good as any place.
About 15 of us are doing a Sequoia run tomorrow morning, Sunday. This evening, I got a road hazard slit in my back tire. Slit is on bottom, not on side walls. Run Flats. It's my wife's 2001 Vert. No one around to fix or replace.
It took two plugs to stop the leak. Is this safe? We'll be going about 200 miles tomorrow. Of course, I'm going to replace the tire when I get back.
Thanks.
About 15 of us are doing a Sequoia run tomorrow morning, Sunday. This evening, I got a road hazard slit in my back tire. Slit is on bottom, not on side walls. Run Flats. It's my wife's 2001 Vert. No one around to fix or replace.
It took two plugs to stop the leak. Is this safe? We'll be going about 200 miles tomorrow. Of course, I'm going to replace the tire when I get back.
Thanks.
...just take a plug kit with you, as well as a compressor.
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Slidell La
Originally Posted by Black ZR1
It took two plugs to stop the leak. Is this safe? We'll be going about 200 miles tomorrow. Of course, I'm going to replace the tire when I get back.
Thanks.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Shiloh Ohio
If it is holding air and you are doing normal driving I would also just take along a cell phone and a plug kit, compressor. It is a runflat so if you have to you can drive on it. No high speeds.
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Thanks for the advice. Tire went empty overnight, so we took my ZR1 to the Sequoias.
Unfortunately, on the way back, on Hwy 99, in the middle of nowhere, my ZR1 got a blow out.
Man, sometimes, thing really suck.
Unfortunately, on the way back, on Hwy 99, in the middle of nowhere, my ZR1 got a blow out.
Man, sometimes, thing really suck.
Racer
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From: Metro ATL GA
Take your EMT to Goodyear Dealer. See if tire can be patched. Goodyear has a EMT training program that includes repair. Plugs do not keep air from entering body plies and causing separations. Best of luck.
Regards,
Jay Lee
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Jay Lee
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