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Originally Posted by spdrun
So I'm traveling this week. Rented a car, and this morning, I found one of the tires flat. The rental firm said to take it to a shop, and they'd pay if it was a defective tire or valve, but not if it was damage to the tire from a nail or accident.
The guy at the shop dunked the tire and saw bubbles coming from the inner sidewall where there was a tiny pinhole. He said that the tire probably delaminated or has a defect from the factory, and since the leak was in the sidewall, it couldn't be plugged -- rental agency paid for a new tire with a credit card over the phone, no problem.
Has this happened to anyone? How common is this? I've never encountered something like this in any of my own cars. I wonder if dumping a bunch of "Slime" into the tire would have fixed it.
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Now that I rememberd it in My post the Tire Inflation Canisters with the pressurized Gass in the usually have a thin Sealant in them. If the Sealant reaches the site of the leak it would certanly seal a Pin Hole and the Sealant is thin enough it does not disturbe the balance.
I used to carry them but after several Years in the Trunk they may or may not work and there is a warning on them about the heat in the Trunk.
Even when I had the Inflation Canisters I kept a Manual Air Pump or an Electric one in the Trunk.
Story time: When I was a Kid a lot of Cars still had Tires with Tubes in them. I can remember at least 4 Times when My Dad got a Flat and patched the Tube on the side of the Road and I was the one that had fill the Tire with Air from a Manual Hand pump.
It takes a lot of pumping to fill up the big 15 or 16 inch Tires on the Cars used in the 1950s and early 60s
When He had a Car with Tubless Tires My Dad plugged the Tires and I got to pump again but by that time I was older and bigger.