Tire leak

[rick-l]

I have a tire that loses 2 psi per week. How do I find the leak? It is not the valve stem, new. Soapy water in the bead shows nothing. It started after the tire had been on about 2 years.

I was thinking of filling it with R134 and using an electronic leak detector but it is hard to get fittings that will allow that.

[schamp]

Might be the wheel. You can always put a tube in it.

[pwd72s]

Tire shop with a total dunk tank could find it...

[enzo1]

[rick-l]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Tire shop with a total dunk tank could find it...

I was thinking of putting it in a kids plastic pool when it gets above freezing but would that show up that size leak?

[pwd72s]

Dat's it...

[enzo1]

Originally Posted by rick-l

I was thinking of putting it in a kids plastic pool when it gets above freezing but would that show up that size leak?

let an experinced guy do it, won't cost much..... if u found it u would still need to fix it, might not get charged unless they find it, usually

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by enzo1

let an experinced guy do it, won't cost much..... if u found it u would still need to fix it, might not get charged unless they find it, usually

Yep...tire shop I go to has a tank that has a "hold down" device...keeps all submerged. They test every new mount they do, hand torque the wheels on. That's why I use them.

[Superman]

Spray soapy water on it. The leak will blow a bubble you can easily see. If the leak is in the tread part, and if you were as reckless as me, then you might just ream the hole and put one of those fiber/glue plugs in it.

[rick-l]

Originally Posted by Superman

ream the hole and put one of those fiber/glue plugs in it.

BTDT If I could find it.

[speedracing944]

Bathtub with dishwashing detergent. Submerge the tire or splash soapy water all over it. Look for bubbles.

Speedy

[Grog]

Did you check around the base of the valve stem and the valve core? (the valve core can be tightened with a valve core tool)

To pwd72s, you must not be going to Les schwabs.

[VincentVega]

Pump it full of air and spray soapy water, you'll find it.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Grog

Did you check around the base of the valve stem and the valve core? (the valve core can be tightened with a valve core tool)

To pwd72s, you must not be going to Les schwabs.

You got it...Beggs tire over in Albany...great service!

[Grog]

I try to avoid schwabs, I've had around 14 flats since we move to the our current house. I've become an expert plugger. We have a gravel parking area and drive. The last owner just dumped his garbage everywhere. I've been picking up nails, screws, glass old car parts, plastic stuff, wires you name it, it's buried out here. Even found Jimmy Hoffa under a buried bath tub.

[Superman]

Originally Posted by VincentVega

Pump it full of air and spray soapy water, you'll find it.

Yup.

[Joe Bob]

Have you got a wheelbarrow? Fill it with water, dunk the wheel.

[rick-l]

After all that encouragement... I'll give soapy water another try.

[Superman]

Borrow your daughter's bubble soap. The leak will might blow a HUGE bubble.

[Joe Bob]

Just fixed the inflatable tire on my two wheeled trolley. It was leaking out the bead.

Deflated it, cleaned the lip of the rim, soaped it and re inflated. No leaky.