Is this puncture repairable?

[JQ]

Don’t have much time available this week to be going back and forth to a tyre shop and trying to work out if I should just bite the bullet and order a new tyre?

It’s just over 1.5 inches from the sidewall.

[Racing Newt]

Hope the following helps you sort it.

Tyre repairs in the UK should follow British Standard BS AU 159, which sets out what can and cannot be safely repaired.

Requirements for a legal repair
Puncture located within the central three-quarters of the tread width
Hole diameter no more than 6mm
The tyre has not been driven on while flat or with very low pressure
No secondary sidewall or structural damage
The repair must be a combination plug-and-patch applied from inside the tyre
External-only plugs applied from outside the tyre are not considered a permanent, safe repair under British Standards.

[sherman]

Thats too close to the side wall.
New tyre needed.

[Griffith4ever]

I'd repair that and have repaired similar. With the worm/turd thing you push in.

[Scrump]

My experience with a similar location puncture is that main chains (such as kwikfit) will not repair it. My local small independent tyre place repaired it.

[Smint]

My first job was in a tyre repair workshop, very different methods and materials to a typical tyre fitting bay, that puncture assuming the object hasn't damaged the sidewall via tyre flexing would have been permanently and safely fixed via a simple patch hot vulcanised inside with the tyre mounted on a suitably sized mould and charged out as a minor repair only.

Such places have all but disappeared now, i don't know if even truck/agricultural/plant tyres have major repairs any more, if anyone does know of such workshops still going would be gald to know, its ridiculous scrapping perfectly serviceable tyres when a pro repair would see such a tyre fulfil not just the rest of its first life but a second too once remoulded.

Reading here the frankly ridiculous costs some are forking out for tyres on normal cars now, £350 a corner seemingly no one batting an eyelid at, if major repairs are still permitted given the right products and equipment then someone suitably skilled should think about setting up shop again and let it be known via forums such as this in all our interests.

[stevemcs]

We wouldn’t repair that as it’s too close to the edge - with the tyre off the patch sits on the curved section which can flex and unstick the patch

[JQ]

Cheers all, booked in for a new tyre tomorrow. Only £70 more than getting it repaired, so not all is lost.

[Griffith4ever]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghguole-Puncture-Universa...

£17. Lifetime of repairs.

Those things are in myTransit, Yeti, E-mountain bike (sidewall - smaller version), my employee's Volvo, my Endoro bikes (used two in the last few years) the list goes on. No patch as such, simply a worm of rubber than gets pushed by pressure and becomes part of the tyre .

[Puddenchucker]

I had this repaired and it went for another 15k+ miles without issue:

[E-bmw]

JQ said:

Don t have much time available this week to be going back and forth to a tyre shop and trying to work out if I should just bite the bullet and order a new tyre?

It s just over 1.5 inches from the sidewall.

The tyre is a Three A 606, get some better ones while you are there would be my best advice, take the puncture as an omen to upgrade.

[JQ]

E-bmw said:

JQ said:

Don t have much time available this week to be going back and forth to a tyre shop and trying to work out if I should just bite the bullet and order a new tyre?

It s just over 1.5 inches from the sidewall.

The tyre is a Three A 606, get some better ones while you are there would be my best advice, take the puncture as an omen to upgrade.

Great spot, came with the car - £50 fitted

Being replaced with a Bridgestone.

[E-bmw]

JQ said:

E-bmw said:

JQ said:

Don t have much time available this week to be going back and forth to a tyre shop and trying to work out if I should just bite the bullet and order a new tyre?

It s just over 1.5 inches from the sidewall.

The tyre is a Three A 606, get some better ones while you are there would be my best advice, take the puncture as an omen to upgrade.

Great spot, came with the car - £50 fitted

Being replaced with a Bridgestone.

I know you are going to hate me for saying this but what is on the other end of that axle?

I ask because tyres should really at least match across the axle if not the whole car.

Alsp "a Bridgestone" can mean many things to many people, they make some excellent tyres & some REALLY sh!tty ones.

[JQ]

E-bmw said:

JQ said:

E-bmw said:

JQ said:

Don t have much time available this week to be going back and forth to a tyre shop and trying to work out if I should just bite the bullet and order a new tyre?

It s just over 1.5 inches from the sidewall.

The tyre is a Three A 606, get some better ones while you are there would be my best advice, take the puncture as an omen to upgrade.

Great spot, came with the car - £50 fitted

Being replaced with a Bridgestone.

I know you are going to hate me for saying this but what is on the other end of that axle?

I ask because tyres should really at least match across the axle if not the whole car.

Alsp "a Bridgestone" can mean many things to many people, they make some excellent tyres & some REALLY sh!tty ones.

Cheers, I think it’s a Turanza. I must admit that it’s a 3rd car we bought for our kids to learn to drive in so never goes more than a few miles a week, never on the motorway and we’ll be getting rid soon once the youngest passes his test.

[stevieturbo]

I've plugged worse myself and never had any concerns or issues

The screw has likely been in for weeks, and other than slow deflation...caused no issues. A plug won't leak air

Edited by stevieturbo on Monday 15th June 09:07

[Richard-D]

As above, I would plug it myself. I would also expect most reputable tyre places to refuse to repair. If you don't fancy the DIY method then it's a replacement I'm afraid (which is the correct thing to do of course, I just wouldn't).