Those pressurised cans which simultaneously inflate and seal a punctured tyre seem like a handy thing to have. Presumably, you’re meant to have the tyre properly repaired or replaced as soon as you can afterwards.
My question is: does the sealant make repairs more difficult, or even impossible, compelling the purchase of new tyre(s)?
captain_spalding said:
Those pressurised cans which simultaneously inflate and seal a punctured tyre seem like a handy thing to have. Presumably, you’re meant to have the tyre properly repaired or replaced as soon as you can afterwards.My question is: does the sealant make repairs more difficult, or even impossible, compelling the purchase of new tyre(s)?
can’t see why they’d make it more difficult to patch, but in the case of products like ‘slime’, once patched, drain the tyre if you ever want it to balance correctly again
Best ask a tyre technician at a tyre dealership
The_observer said:
Best ask a tyre technician at a tyre dealership
Who will then sell you 5 new tyres.
captain_spalding said:
My question is: does the sealant make repairs more difficult, or even impossible, compelling the purchase of new tyre(s)?
It does make it more difficult, the tyre shops HATE the stuff.
You have to tell them in advance that you’ve used the goo.
Divine Angel said:
The_observer said:Best ask a tyre technician at a tyre dealership
Who will then sell you 5 new tyres.
No, generally they give good advice, then people come back to them for new tyres whenneeded
think the shit is easy enough to remove, and the patch area can be roughed up for a patch, or simply a tube can be used.
the shit isn’t a permanent fix, you can use heaps of it and few months later the tyre will resume its problem.
Apologies for the tangent.
I bought a car battery from a battery place and the guy told me when and how to fill it with water but then Bill told me it was a sealed battery and I couldn’t fill it with water.
>I bought a car battery from a battery place and the guy told me when and how to fill it with water but then Bill told me it was a sealed battery and I couldn’t fill it with water.
some of them do have filler plugs still, under the plastic sticker, but generally they make the reserve capacity of liquid over the plates such that it wont go too low within typical service life of the battery, I think they maybe run slightly pressurized and vents assist keeping the condensed liquid.
OK, so it might be good to have, if e.g. you’ve put your spare on for one flat, and then you get another soon after. Unlikely, i know, but, Murphy’s Law being what it is.
Divine Angel said:
Apologies for the tangent.I bought a car battery from a battery place and the guy told me when and how to fill it with water but then Bill told me it was a sealed battery and I couldn’t fill it with water.
take it back to the guy who you bought it off & get him to demonstrate how to top up the battery with water.
that will solve your paradox
captain_spalding said:
OK, so it might be good to have, if e.g. you’ve put your spare on for one flat, and then you get another soon after. Unlikely, i know, but, Murphy’s Law being what it is.
Or for a motorbike.
Heh.
I was speaking of flooded LA batteries, zero/low maintenance, there are other sorts of car batteries too.
Divine Angel said:
Apologies for the tangent.I bought a car battery from a battery place and the guy told me when and how to fill it with water but then Bill told me it was a sealed battery and I couldn’t fill it with water.
i remember one old lady coming into the shop when i worked in auto parts complaining that the battery i sold her 3 months ago was now not working, she then had a rant that when she checkedit i had soldher onefull of ‘dirty water’ so she pouredit out and filledit back up with clean water… facepalm
stumpy_seahorse said:
Divine Angel said:
Apologies for the tangent.I bought a car battery from a battery place and the guy told me when and how to fill it with water but then Bill told me it was a sealed battery and I couldn’t fill it with water.
i remember one old lady coming into the shop when i worked in auto parts complaining that the battery i sold her 3 months ago was now not working, she then had a rant that when she checkedit i had soldher onefull of ‘dirty water’ so she pouredit out and filledit back up with clean water… facepalm
To get rid if the dirty water in the battery you’ve got to drill into the bottom of battery before its installed so the dirty water never again accumulates in the battery
There’s a few thing to take into account here:
1. They don’t work on tubed tyres.
2. They might be allow you to keep driving on a tyre that is worn or damaged in ways that make it dangerous.
3. They un-balance the tyre.
4. They are, as already pointed out, at total PITA to clean out.
Having said all that, if your only alternative is to get robbed by some idiot who is going to destroy your tyre and damage your wheel…