Bring it to a Discount Tire. They might even fix it for free. They definitely will if you bought the tires there.
Comment on 4 leaky tires on the same rental, overfilled to compensate
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
I hate that. My car has a leaky back tire. It’s been like that since I bought it, and continued after I replaced all the tires.
AreaKode@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Leaking valve stem, or less likely a cracked rim. A 5$ fix while the tires were off; but more work just to fix on it’s own. If it’s a slow leak you keep ontop of, you may as well wait till the next tire rotation; make sure you request they replace the valve stem(s).
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
In warm weather, it might last all summer. In the winter, I can go maybe 3 months before the low pressure warning comes on. I’ll get new valve stems next time I get tires. For some reason, that hadn’t really occurred to me.
Lasherz12@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Some of these newer alloy wheels are harder to mount. If you let them know there’s a history of leaks on that tire they may apply tar to the rim which can go a long way. My car has had a lot of issues on one tire until I found the right mechanics, ironically they were also the cheapest (small business who specialize in used tires). Later after getting new tires the problem went away without the tar, so I think it comes down to surface prep.
lol_idk@piefed.social 1 month ago
You could try tightening the valve core too. But 3 months isn’t really a slow leak. You should probably fill your tires that often anyways
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Some rims are slightly wonky, which can also be exacerbated by temperature fluctuations, with the rims getting a bit larger or smaller. I had a problem like this, and used an air compressor plugged into the cigarette-lighter outlet to pump up the tires from time to time.
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Yeah, I’ve got my own pump too. Great purchase.
Fondots@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Could also just be the rim being kind of dirty and corroded and needs to be cleaned up a bit of bead sealant.
I’ve had it happen to me a couple times, tires just always lost air sort slowly, I never cared enough to bring it in just for that, not a big deal to stop by the air pump once a week or so when I was getting gas anyway.
I’m sure if you brought your car in just for that they’d probably slap some token $10-50 price on it.
But if you bring it in for another service I feel like a lot of places will just do it. I know I brought my car in to pep boys one time for an oil change or something and asked them to look at it and they just did it, no extra charge.
I feel like it’s one of those little things that no one is quite sure how to write it up in the system, and figuring it out is more of a pain in the ass than just not mentioning it to the boss, not like he’s gonna notice they used an extra scrap of sandpaper and blob of sealant anyway.