Help Leaky tire
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So I've taken my car in to three different places because my rear driver side tire has this slow leak which is becoming a pretty fast leak, but each place can not seem to find leak. No air bubbles when then submerge the entire wheel in water. What is weird is when it gets really really cold, it loses a ton of air, but if its pretty warm during the day, its fine. It seems its getting worse and worse over time. From yesterday to this morning I lost about 15 psi. I drove to finalge's place and he was kind enough to let me borrow a driver side rear wheel/tire while I figure out what I need to do. Anyone have any similar experiences, or any other idea's that could be causing this? Could it just be a bad tire? the Wheel it self is not warped, and does not have any damage to it.
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i had something similar with my sevas! the tire was losing 15psi within 6 hours after i filled it up. it's weird cuz nobody found where the leak was at until i took the wheel off my car and inspected myself. it took me 45 minutes just to find that leak. try to check the bead and the air valve.
Funny coincidence, I am having this issue with my Sevas. What ended up being the problem and solution to your leak?
It's the SEVAS wheels! They're 3 piece wheels and one of the seals isn't sealed on completely. That's exactly why they can't find the problem and why it's leaking. Man I feel bad for people that dished out money for 3 pieve Sevas, cause all I've heard is problems with their wheels.
[QUOTE=jedmonds;2475250]Funny coincidence, I am having this issue with my Sevas. What ended up being the problem and solution to your leak?[/QU
we found the tire was leaking from the bead and tried to put some bead sealer on it but still no luck.
my tire shop guy recommended me getting wider tires cuz 275 seems kinda stretch on an 10.5 wheel. unlucky me got a blow out on the front before i fixed the rear and now two wheels is back to sevas for repairs. try to check harder where the tire and wheel meets.
we found the tire was leaking from the bead and tried to put some bead sealer on it but still no luck.
my tire shop guy recommended me getting wider tires cuz 275 seems kinda stretch on an 10.5 wheel. unlucky me got a blow out on the front before i fixed the rear and now two wheels is back to sevas for repairs. try to check harder where the tire and wheel meets.
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Thanks for the info Weiboy.
Funny coincidence, I am having this issue with my Sevas. What ended up being the problem and solution to your leak?[/QU
we found the tire was leaking from the bead and tried to put some bead sealer on it but still no luck.
my tire shop guy recommended me getting wider tires cuz 275 seems kinda stretch on an 10.5 wheel. unlucky me got a blow out on the front before i fixed the rear and now two wheels is back to sevas for repairs. try to check harder where the tire and wheel meets.
we found the tire was leaking from the bead and tried to put some bead sealer on it but still no luck.
my tire shop guy recommended me getting wider tires cuz 275 seems kinda stretch on an 10.5 wheel. unlucky me got a blow out on the front before i fixed the rear and now two wheels is back to sevas for repairs. try to check harder where the tire and wheel meets.
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America's tire found a bead leak, so they tried the bead sealant. I don't have the wheel on my car, because I want to monitor the air pressure to see if that fixed the problem. Thanks again for the tip weiboy.
sevas wheels! never again!
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