Originally Posted By: Branson304
Originally Posted By: KingCake
Originally Posted By: Donald
What kind of rims? Aluminum?
Have a decent shop dismount the tire that leaks, do a super job of wire brushing the corrosion from the rim, new valve stem and it should not leak.
This.
Tires don't just lose air when they get old. Save your money on the snake oil and get it fixed.
I agree with these guys. I believe Fix A Flat & similar products are just to get you by if you have a flat on the road until you can get to a tire shop for a repair or new tire.
My wife had a slow leak in a tire on a car she was about to trade in and decided to put some fix a flat crud in there to cover it up...I told her I thought it was a bad idea, but I helped her do it, anyway.
We followed the directions to a T and tire still chugged like crazy on the highway like it was insanely out of balance. We had a long drive to the dealer and I told her they were going to notice it...they sure did, and then told her to forget about the trade in. We got up and were walking out and they offered her a pittance, probably basically a junk price, and she took it. Would have made a lot more sense to just overinflate it at a nearby gas station if she wanted to try to screw the dealer over, she just ended up hurting herself. It was a piece of garbage Olds with a balky tranny, anyway, probably should have been sold for parts.