Tires leaking? Help
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Bridgewater New Jersey
It looks like the wheels are polished aluminum. I spayed soupy water around the outside bead and the valve stem and core and nothing was making bubbles. It's losing about 2 psi each day. The leak may be too slow to bubble up. Not sure what to do next but take it somewhere and have them find it.
It seems this is a common problem now and very frustrating. Since there is no spare tire it sits in the garage until I can drive it to a local tire shop.
It seems this is a common problem now and very frustrating. Since there is no spare tire it sits in the garage until I can drive it to a local tire shop.
As posted before, the rims could be leaking from porosity in the casting or a crack; can't rule that out either.
Did you inflate to maximum tire rating?
Team Owner
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St. Jude Donor '15
"In honor of jpee"
Just a suggestion but look back at John Harry's post and make sure the stem is properly in there, the cap isn't putting pressure on the stem to cause a leak, AND that the nut is neither loose or more likely, over-tightened. This really is the first car I've had that has an issue with over-tightening the nut that holds the whole thing to the wheel. It was also the first car that I had to be careful what caps to use. (I now have an suv with TPMS that can and did have the wrong caps and had to change it out)
Cruising
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An 11mm Wrench Is Your Best Friend
Checked the tire pressure last week when I bought my car and one rear tire was down to 10psi and the others were down to the low 20s psi. I checked them today and the low rear tire is down to 13psi and the others were down to the low 20s again. They all can't be leaking can they?
The tires on the back are 305/30/19 Bridgestone Potenza RE-11. Is that too big for the stock rim? Should I just go to 285? I don't plan to track the car.
Anyone recommend a good tire for daily driving and commuting?
The tires on the back are 305/30/19 Bridgestone Potenza RE-11. Is that too big for the stock rim? Should I just go to 285? I don't plan to track the car.
Anyone recommend a good tire for daily driving and commuting?
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Instructor
Joined: Jan 2017
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From: Moore Oklahoma
Wow! great call! I checked using the 11mm wrench and sure enough they were all lose. The worst one was the left rear that I've had the most problems with. Since it was cold in my garage I only used one finger to tighten them. Crossing my fingers this was the problem and it's now fixed
Le Mans Master
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