tire slime?

[pizzy]

anyone have a recommendation. found a large screw in my rear tire. don't know why...... but i tried to unscrew it and air bleed out, so i screwed it back in. today's sunday so no tire shops are open. anyone use tire slime?
thanks
steve

[DUK]

I've used it on a trailer tire once. It was OK for the short trip home, but it threw the tire completely out of balance. It was bad enough you could feel it in the truck.

[Eric Coffey]

I would recommend against it, as would most tire shops (always tell them if you have put anything like that in your tire!). The only reason I would use any "fix-a-flat" type product is if it were a roadside emergency, and I knew I was going to replace the tire, not attempt to fix it.

So, assuming you have access to secondary transportation, just take the wheel off and bring it into your tire shop. If the puncture isn't too bad, they should be able to plug/patch the tire, and send you on your way. I would just make sure that it is a Porsche-friendly shop, especially if you have nice original Fuchs wheels.

[wswilburn]

You can get a tire plugging kit at AutoZone etc. for about $10. I've sucessfully plugged several tires. The best part is not having to deal with a tire shop.

[Bill Verburg]

slime is ok for bicycle tires, not Porsche or any other car tires except maybe for a short term get home solution. Fix it right by dismounting the tire and placeing a patch inside.

[MattAlpha]

I agree with Bill.

I've been lucky enough to catch a screw in my rear pass's tire and a nail in my rear driver's tire. Each time I removed the tire myself (leaving the car on jack stands) and had it repaired with a patch to the inside and balanced by a good tire shop (that the Porsche dealership parts guy recommended). They did a great job and only charged me $20 each time.

One note, I was lucky each time (if you can call catching a nail or screw in your tire lucky) since they punctured between the raised tread on each tire and were five to six inches inside of the tire walls.

IMHO, have a professional do it. You'll feel safer in the end and save the tire. My car is my daily driver, but I wouldn't put slime in my tires. If needed AAA is a call away.
-Matt

[Dantilla]

I've used Fix-a-Flat several times. There's lots of junk for tires to pick up on construction sites. One truck had the slime in three of the four tires for several months.

I've never used it on the Porsche, and if I ever do, that tire will never see the track again.

But for a daily driver that sees only the street, I consider it a permanent fix. I've never had balance problems. Squirt it in, drive to an air pump, fully inflate, and keep driving for several minutes to evenly coat the tire.

Every car I own has a can in the trunk.

If I ever find a screw or nail in my truck tires, I drive to the tire store, and remove it in their parking lot. That way, if it does leak, they can put a proper plug in it right there.