Slow leak in tyre, what should be my next step?

[Maverick]

You mean ESP? Yes, my car does have that. ESP intergrates ASR and ABS, so why TPMS wasn't thown in, I don't know.

For $60 it would be worth it. What needs to be done to the car to get it installed?

Marketing is why! Why would you get TPMS when only the GTI and R32 have it

There are cheaper places but harness from here http://www.tmtuning.com/HOME/catalog...t_product=2089 is $39.00 and the switch from here http://www.tmtuning.com/HOME/catalog...t_product=2000 is $21.90.

[turboveedubb]

+1 to that. Burnouts FTW.

Isnt $500 a bit to much for 1 tyre?

Can you just re-patch it?

$500 for a tyre is a little too much but the RE050As I've been told are OEM tyres which no one walks off the street and picks from a tyre retailer, so rule of supply and demands I guess means it's gonna be expensive.

The dealer (or should I say the tyre dealer next to the dealer) pulled off the old patch as it wasn't working anyway and put on a new larger patch but they said it hasn't fixed the problem.

They recon there must be something else going on inside the tyre for there still to be a leak of the same puncture not to be fixed with a larger patch.

Also the bead of the tyre, the bit which presses up against the rim to hold it in place has been damaged during the tyre removal process at some stage which is another reason for the tyre to be replaced.

[gerhard]

You could always Slime it. This will fix tread holes and bead weeping.

I carry a bottle in the GTI along with a compressor. No way would I like to drive any distance on the poxy spare.

I have used Slime successfully in 2 tyres on my Jackaroo, just remember to be kind to the tyre fitter who has to remove it by telling him it's in there. They don't like it, and the bloke who put my new 4by tyres on spat the dummy a bit, till I asked him if he's rather not have known.....and got covered.

[nismo23]

Gee i thought i was the only one. Mine was losing 10-20 in the first month on the back right.
Pump it up once a fortnight, reset the warning thingy and start again.
The only people ever to touch it was VW that i know of.
Totally over VW and their lack of service..really really over it...
I thought i had picked up a puncture or it was a faulty valve, if it were a puncture my problem but definitely wasnt going to bother with VW dealerships about it.
Let us know how you go with all of it.

[85turbo]

There are cheaper places but harness from here http://www.tmtuning.com/HOME/catalog...t_product=2089 is $39.00 and the switch from here http://www.tmtuning.com/HOME/catalog...t_product=2000 is $21.90.

hey Maverick, a little off topic, (and an older thread) but can i add this to my car ?
it's an 05 TDI comfortline, and has ASR (not ESP) on the button at far left.
the remaining three are blank.

Jason.

[Maverick]

hey Maverick, a little off topic, (and an older thread) but can i add this to my car ?
it's an 05 TDI comfortline, and has ASR (not ESP) on the button at far left.
the remaining three are blank.

Maybe a little too old as the ABS needs to be a recent revision but I'll post here late next week when I get my new TPMS system which allows you to monitor the 4 wheels live from one display and you have a choice of viewing temperature or pressure. System should be around AUD$230 delivered + fitting of the sensors to the wheels @ ~$80.

[someday]

So you are trying to go after KMART when infact what happened was that the leakage occurred before going to them?

[Maverick]

So you are trying to go after KMART when infact what happened was that the leakage occurred before going to them?

READ what he wrote. The tyre was fine and then a leak developed. He took it to KMART who returned the wheel and tyre after a few hours saying no problem found. The tyre still kept going down after this. The dealer took a look at it months later and found that the bead was damaged by incorrect removal and that someone had attempted to repair a puncture.

The car would not have been delivered in that manner and it's pretty clear cut that KMART damaged the bead, stuff up the repair and they returned it as a no problem found rather then own up and replace the $500 tyre.

Dealers don't remove the tyres when they're delivered and if they had repaired it before delivery it would have been going down before he took it to KMART.

[ChrisR32]

Also shop around for the new tyre. $500 is a little rich.

[pinzvidz]

Hmmm... Kmart, pffttt! I can't believe how many incompetent operators are out there, Kmart or whoever.

A proper tyre shop would've dumped the whole rim with tyre still attached into a water test tank. 99.9% of the time that will show up the leak with a tiny stream of bubbles.

And another thing too. On very rare occasions, a rim may be porous and allow an air leak to occur.

So please OP, visit a decent tyre shop.

[brad]

Kmart or whoever.

A proper tyre shop

Interestly enough, the Australian Manager of KTAS cut his teeth as the Manager of a proper tyre shop. He gave me my first job after I finished my apprenticeship. Top bloke he was too.

I worked for KTAS in the mid-'80s and lasted about 4 weeks before I put in my notice. I actually got in trouble for doing McPherson Struts (and other things) too fast. As an indication, they were paying $280 a week & my next mechanic job paid $400/week plus bonus (usually ~$100/week). Pay peanuts, etc.

[Maverick]

Also shop around for the new tyre. $500 is a little rich.

Depends if you want a decent tyre or not doesn't it.

[TDIESEL]

LMAO...

The OP had this tyre problem last year and he's still getting slammed for using Kmart.

As for paying $310 to monitor tyre pressures and temperatures "live"!!! I've heard it all now

[Maverick]

As for paying $310 to monitor tyre pressures and temperatures "live"!!! I've heard it all now

Knowing the exact tyre pressure and temperature of the tyre is very handy, you'll know of a puncture before you damage the tyre and well before you would notice otherwise in most cases.

You can see if a tyre is overheating or has a slow leak, the former you can't tell normally and the slow leak could take a long time before you pick it up.

This type of monitoring has been compulsory for all vehicles in the US since September 1 2007 and China is looking to make it mandatory as well as there are enormous safety and environment benefits.

[turboveedubb]

LMAO...

The OP had this tyre problem last year and he's still getting slammed for using Kmart.

Haha yeah I know! I've learnt my lesson and won't be going to KTA or any such places again.

The second patch job at a different tyre place seems to have done the job and the pressure's been quite steady since, just a minor top up here and there along with the other 3 tyres.

The set that came with the car has now done 20k kms, rotated once and probably need to be changed when it hits 30k kms.