Driving A Car With A Slow Puncture

Big Nasty · 31-01-2011 8:57pm #1

Hypothetical question that I guess I already know the answer to (maybe it's rhetorical so!):

We've all done it, you've got a slow puncture and have to gas the wheel every couple weeks coz you're to lazy to get puncture fixed / replace tyre.

How much damage are you doing to the sidewall by letting the tyre go soft repeatedly and are you in danger of a blow out?

Have at it dudes..........

ICE HOUSE · 31-01-2011 9:01pm

Just get it fixed. Its only around a tenner.

faw1tytowers · 31-01-2011 9:04pm

ICE HOUSE wrote: »

Just get it fixed. Its only around a tenner.

exactly!:rolleyes:

Big Nasty · 31-01-2011 9:06pm

ICE HOUSE wrote: »

Just get it fixed. Its only around a tenner.

faw1tytowers wrote: »

exactly!:rolleyes:

I don't have a puncture, but I've done this before. Haven't you? At some stage in your life? Ever?

benagain · 31-01-2011 9:06pm

its not a problem tell the misses she has a flat that usually works lol

frank gooding · 31-01-2011 9:08pm

Driving the van recently with one soft back tyre.

The arse was very very unstable.

Feels very interesting. got it fixed today. easier then the constant hassle of blowing it up. You would be ammazed how much it effects the fuel economy. tenner spent will be saved very quick.

Tyre tends to get very hot I assume the potential for blow out and loss of control is huge.

Sofiztikated · 31-01-2011 9:10pm

I've done this on a couple of occasions.

Both times it wasn't the tyre, but the rim itself. A bit of a crack, Cavan roads as great as they are.

The amount of rubber inside the tyre when I got them taken off the rim was unreal. Would have weakened the sidewall considerably.

faw1tytowers · 31-01-2011 10:01pm

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I don't have a puncture, but I've done this before. Haven't you? At some stage in your life? Ever?

My car is my life line.. old as it may be so I try insure the small jobs get done so I dont have to deal with big jobs later

Nissan doctor · 31-01-2011 10:05pm

You are damaging the sidewall when running low tyre pressure as the energy from the weight of the car causes excess heat in the sidewall.

You also causing extra wear on the shoulders of the tyre as well as poor handling/braking stability and you will be using more petrol.

crosstownk · 31-01-2011 10:08pm

Every slow puncture eventually becomes an outright puncture.

Prevention is the best cure - get it repaired before you're stuck at the side of the road changing a wheel in the p1ssing rain.

Driving A Car With A Slow Puncture

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