Re: Tire leaks without actaully leaking - help.
 

Occasionally this happens with a puncture. It will leak only when a certain
portion of the tire is on the ground.

"Rex B" <NOSPAMrex@REMOVEtxol.net> wrote in message
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> |"Tibur Waltson" <Toush@hi.com> wrote in message
> |news:f84bc92b950c7eefa6e975ebfbade22e@news.bubban ews.com...
> |> One of my tire deflates from 32 to 9-psi mysteriously every two
> |> weeks. The other three tires are fine, they hold charge pretty well.
> |> They're all the same brand. The tire in question have good threads
> |> and never been punctured, other than being aged from the sun.
> |>
> |> I remove the wheel from the car and inflate it to 40-psi. I
> |> submerge the tire into a pool of water. No air bubbles! I pump it
> |> to 44-psi. No air bubbles! I install it onto the car and it begins its
> |> slow leak. I have another Honda that does this. I just give up and
> |> buy a new tire. Would you have pump it to 50-psi? How would
> |> you have done it differently?
>
> Sounds to me like a rim leak. Depending on where the wheel is oriented
when you
> stop, If you happen to park with the leaky part down, the slight
deformation of
> the sidewall at the bottom is enough to make it seal. Otherwise, it will
leak.
> Rex in Fort Worth

Re: Tire leaks without actaully leaking - help.
 

"The Masked Marvel" <s_crook_remove_underbars_@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> rim leak? bad valve stem? bad valve stem core? practical joker in the
> neighborhood?

If its an alloy wheel, these are notorious for being slighly porous and
leaking. Does not just happen to Hondas. Cure is often as simple as
repainting the inside if the rim. Or fit a tube.

Stewart DIBBS

Re: Tire leaks without actaully leaking - help.
 

"The Masked Marvel" <s_crook_remove_underbars_@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> rim leak? bad valve stem? bad valve stem core? practical joker in the
> neighborhood?

If its an alloy wheel, these are notorious for being slighly porous and
leaking. Does not just happen to Hondas. Cure is often as simple as
repainting the inside if the rim. Or fit a tube.

Stewart DIBBS

Re: Tire leaks without actaully leaking - help.
 

"The Masked Marvel" <s_crook_remove_underbars_@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XgW%b.72197$Xp.345908@attbi_s54...
> rim leak? bad valve stem? bad valve stem core? practical joker in the
> neighborhood?

If its an alloy wheel, these are notorious for being slighly porous and
leaking. Does not just happen to Hondas. Cure is often as simple as
repainting the inside if the rim. Or fit a tube.

Stewart DIBBS

Re: Tire leaks without actaully leaking - help.
 

"The Masked Marvel" <s_crook_remove_underbars_@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XgW%b.72197$Xp.345908@attbi_s54...
> rim leak? bad valve stem? bad valve stem core? practical joker in the
> neighborhood?

If its an alloy wheel, these are notorious for being slighly porous and
leaking. Does not just happen to Hondas. Cure is often as simple as
repainting the inside if the rim. Or fit a tube.

Stewart DIBBS