Thread: Slow leak
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Old 12-16-2018, 09:26 PM   #19
barnstuf
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Default Re: Slow leak

Before you spend time, energy, and money on your slow leaks check for a leaky valve core. Easy to do. Park the car so the valve is in the top position pointing down. Remove valve cap and submerge the valve in a full glass of water you lift up to it.

If you do have to dismount the tire to check the inner tube it can be checked for a slow leak in a bath tub of water when your wife is not home.

In remounting the tube into the tire baby powder sprinkled into the tire helps to avoid the tube being pinched. Also to avoid pinching the tube inflate, then deflate, then inflate again.

Bratton has the best quality tubes if needed.
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