Tire Inflation - Loosing slowly - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

netpicker9 · 09-05-2011, 07:51 PM

I am driving 2004 corolla. From past two months my front tire (1 tire) loosing air slowly. I am using tire inflation to increase the PSI. I am doing it every 3 days..

Maybe there is tiny small leakage.. Is there any way to fix this? I have seen tire fix liquids in wal-mart, can any one tell which one recommended? Please suggest me a product.

Thanks

invader · 09-05-2011, 09:32 PM

Look for a nail, screw or something penetrating the tire. Spray soapy water on tire treads, on rim bead and valve as you rotate it around and look for blowing bubbles. It's either a puncture, a bad seal on the rim or leaking valve.

GREENPUS · 09-06-2011, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by netpicker9

I am driving 2004 corolla. From past two months my front tire (1 tire) loosing air slowly. I am using tire inflation to increase the PSI. I am doing it every 3 days..

Maybe there is tiny small leakage.. Is there any way to fix this? I have seen tire fix liquids in wal-mart, can any one tell which one recommended? Please suggest me a product.

Thanks

Years ago I used "fix-a-flat" which is one of those products. Sealed the tire real good. 270 miles down the road while doing 70mph on the Interstate the tire blew up. This can be an issue with those products. Another problem assocated with those products you buy at Walmart and other autoparts stores, once you install it, most tire places will no longer remove and mount new tires on that rim. It's a messy gunk and hard to remove and these places may refuse to dismount the tire. Get it fixed right. If you can't do it yourself then take it to a tire place and let them patch/plug the hole. It could also be a bad bead seal or possibly the valve stem is leaking.

***silver04rollas*** · 09-06-2011, 08:58 PM

Must be a nail somewhere. It happened to me last year with the previous Kumho ASX ECSTA tires I used to have. I had to get it repaired and the nail removed. Samething was happening where it would lose tire pressure slowly.

***PhatRoyale*** · 09-06-2011, 09:20 PM

Take it to a tire shop and have them repair it with a rubber plug.

Or buy one of these kits and do it yourself.