Tire leak with new wheels. What would YOU do?

[1978elcamino]

Try a new schrader valve. The oring in the core may be leaking slightly, that is very common.

 

[kkreit01]

DT will fix flats for free. It doesn't matter whether you bought the tire there or not....Have a pro look at it.

What kind of wheel weights on in it? Years ago I had some aftermarket wheels exhibiting this same behavior. It turns out they were leaking by the clamp-on wheel weights (does anyone still use these?).

 

[geeman789]

Originally Posted by kkreit01
DT will fix flats for free. It doesn't matter whether you bought the tire there or not....Have a pro look at it.

What kind of wheel weights on in it? Years ago I had some aftermarket wheels exhibiting this same behavior. It turns out they were leaking by the clamp-on wheel weights (does anyone still use these?).


Lots of cars still use clamp-on weights on the inside wheel lip where you can't see it, and stick-ons on the outside inner portion of the wheel.

 

[DejaVue]

Originally Posted by Cressida

I think my wife will not be happy if she sees me lugging a 16" mounted tire through the house headed toward the bathroom.

Maybe instead she'd be happier being the one putting air in the leaking tire for the next 50,000 miles.

A wheelbarrow or something works too.

The bead can be submerged a portion at a time by laying the tire flat on the ground, filling the bead area with water, and then tilting the tire just a bit to have a portion of the bead area be the low spot and submerged while you look for bubbles in that spot.

Or just add air to it once a month, and if the leak gets worse (probably nine months from now during winter) then do an actual fix.

If the OP doesn't have a bead breaker or wouldn't want to patch a nail puncture himself, etc, then figuring out where it's leaking from is kind of a moot point because his two choices then are either live with it or bring it to a shop.