tyre valve leaking
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wjwren said:
i had a part worn for £15 fitted
I expect they didn't replace the valve when they fitted your part worn tyre. That seems to be the case round here anyway. It's a safety related part my advise is get it replaced properly it shouldn't cost £20 even in a decent retailer. Generally you pay cheep you pay twice. Backstreet garages in grubby bits of Leeds and Bradford wil replace a valve for a fiver. You don't take the tyre off, you just pull out the valve, then put the wheel in the bead breaker, push the tyre in until you can get a valve in, and then blow it up again. No rebalancing needed, 5 minutes.
battered said:
Backstreet garages in grubby bits of Leeds and Bradford wil replace a valve for a fiver. You don't take the tyre off, you just pull out the valve, then put the wheel in the bead breaker, push the tyre in until you can get a valve in, and then blow it up again. No rebalancing needed, 5 minutes.
Only problem doing it that way is you can't tell if damage has happened to the inside of the tyre. With any deflation of the tyre you should remove the tyre and check the inside of the tyre for signs of damage. 
Matt Seabrook said:
battered said:
Backstreet garages in grubby bits of Leeds and Bradford wil replace a valve for a fiver. You don't take the tyre off, you just pull out the valve, then put the wheel in the bead breaker, push the tyre in until you can get a valve in, and then blow it up again. No rebalancing needed, 5 minutes.
Only problem doing it that way is you can't tell if damage has happened to the inside of the tyre. With any deflation of the tyre you should remove the tyre and check the inside of the tyre for signs of damage. 
dont see the problem. The tyres were part worn when I bought the car as it was 2nd hand!
Ive always had part worns. The place I get them from gets a container from Germany every week so he never knows what's in there. In Germany the tyre rules are a lot stricter, I think the minimum tyre tread is 3 or 4mm and you cant use summer tyres in winter etc also you cant use different makes of tyres on your car.
Ive always had part worns. The place I get them from gets a container from Germany every week so he never knows what's in there. In Germany the tyre rules are a lot stricter, I think the minimum tyre tread is 3 or 4mm and you cant use summer tyres in winter etc also you cant use different makes of tyres on your car.
battered said:
That's true. I'm making the assumption that when he says it leaks he means that it needs blowing up every week, not that it goes flat overnight and he's driven on it while seriously under inflated. I've had the former with leaky rims, there's no safety implication provided you keep up the maintenance and the pressures stay in bounds.
Yep it's a reasonable assumption to make. It’s just not everybody that gets their tyres fixed tells the truth about running their tyres soft or flat as they are worried about having to put a new tyre on. They would rather risk theirs and other road users life and just have a valve pulled through and keep fingers crossed it will be ok. 
wjwren said:
dont see the problem. The tyres were part worn when I bought the car as it was 2nd hand!
Ive always had part worns. The place I get them from gets a container from Germany every week so he never knows what's in there. In Germany the tyre rules are a lot stricter, I think the minimum tyre tread is 3 or 4mm and you cant use summer tyres in winter etc also you cant use different makes of tyres on your car.
I too used to do the part worn tyres & preech what you're saying about ex-German tyres (where both tyres must match on an axle), but believe me, you don't save in the long run, 5 mm means you have 3.4mm left in the tyre, more to the point the tyre has an unknown history and as many people will tell you the last part of a tyre wears quicker! OK, this may be folk-law/old wives tale, but I seemed to be replacing tyres every 9 months with part worns whereas I'm three years in on new tyres & probably only down to the same 5mm you are!Ive always had part worns. The place I get them from gets a container from Germany every week so he never knows what's in there. In Germany the tyre rules are a lot stricter, I think the minimum tyre tread is 3 or 4mm and you cant use summer tyres in winter etc also you cant use different makes of tyres on your car.
wjwren said:
dont see the problem. The tyres were part worn when I bought the car as it was 2nd hand!
Ive always had part worns. The place I get them from gets a container from Germany every week so he never knows what's in there. In Germany the tyre rules are a lot stricter, I think the minimum tyre tread is 3 or 4mm and you cant use summer tyres in winter etc also you cant use different makes of tyres on your car.
German tyre wear limit rules are the same as the UK.Ive always had part worns. The place I get them from gets a container from Germany every week so he never knows what's in there. In Germany the tyre rules are a lot stricter, I think the minimum tyre tread is 3 or 4mm and you cant use summer tyres in winter etc also you cant use different makes of tyres on your car.
Kawasicki said:
German tyre wear limit rules are the same as the UK.
But if one tyre is changed, both must be changed on that axle so they match, also tyres must be same brand/type across axles, generating alot of part-worn tyres that are then exported to the UK where many of us buy them as a cheaper alternative.In the long run, are they actually cheaper though???
dave_s13 said:
In my experience part worns are exactly the same cost as new, relatively speaking.
Only worth it if you're a bit strapped that month or don't plan on keeping the car long.
Not mine. I picked one up for a Vectra, on a steel rim. It had been a spare, unused. Still had a label. £20.Only worth it if you're a bit strapped that month or don't plan on keeping the car long.
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