550Doug
Member
- Location
- Southern Ontario
Two weeks ago I was driving my "weekend" car through a subdivision where there is some construction of new homes going on. I was on a heavily trafficed portion of pavement and as I turned a corner I could hear a flap-flap-flap on my right rear tire. I thought it might be something on the road but saw nothing, so then maybe something got jammed up near the brakes, I thought. I found nothing on the tires nor the brakes and the car drove very normally after that. The car sat for a week before I decided to look again more closely and still found nothing. I checked the tire pressure on all 4 tires. The driver side tires read 33 lbs psi and the passenger side tires both read 22 lbs psi. AHA!, so I must have hit something with some nails in it with both tires on the passenger side. Found nothing. I did the soapy water test, no bubbles.
So I inflated the tires back up to 33 lbs psi and again checked for bubbles from more soapy water. Nothing! A week has gone by and still all the tires are reading 33 lbs psi. Looks like I have a pair of self sealing tires!!
So I inflated the tires back up to 33 lbs psi and again checked for bubbles from more soapy water. Nothing! A week has gone by and still all the tires are reading 33 lbs psi. Looks like I have a pair of self sealing tires!!
