Tyre Losing Pressure - Tried Everything - Help!

Tyre Losing Pressure - Tried Everything - Help!

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mickyh7

2,347 posts

85 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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NMNeil said:
mickyh7 said:
On all of your Tyres?
Only one was going flat, so no.
But every wheel he puts on that hub (he thinks is) loosing air?
It is physically impossible!

Chris32345

2,082 posts

61 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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Our a small mark on the dust cap and valve so they line up with each other should be able to tell then if somebody has removed it to let the tyre down

Damian-k8d34

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20 posts

45 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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I took it to a garage this morning and they took the wheel off and inspected the alloy which they said they couldn’t see any cracks and then they dipped the wheel in water and there were no bubbles.

I can buy a tyre pressure gauge but the fact I have had to fill this wheel with air on at least 5 occasions tells me that the air pressure machine at the garage and the sensor on my car are reading correct as I have topped up over 50psi combined on this tyre on top of already what’s still remaining in the tyre and therefore it would have bust if the correct air was in fact still in the tyre as a result of a faulty sensor or air pressure machine at the garage.

I think the lower rear corner is somehow adding pressure to whichever wheel I put on the drivers rear and is causing air to leak (forced out) of the tyre but when the wheel is off air is not escaping because it’s not under the pressure.

Edited by Damian-k8d34 on Friday 26th June 16:15

TheBALDpuma

5,842 posts

167 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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I think this is a wind up by the way. Just need to get that on record.

Just in case it isn't I think we need to be very clear...

If you're 100% sure the new alloy is fine (it could be cracked too)
If you're 100% sure the new tyre is fine, and fitted currently (you could have got a second slow puncture)
If you're 100% sure the new valve is fine

(Seeing as it's the corner of the car that has the problem, not the actual tyre or wheel then I suppose the above had to be the case)

You are literally left with one solution

Someone is letting your tyre down by a small amount, regularly. I think the term is gaslighting.

Again to be very clear, this is the only thing that can be happening. Nothing else. I really don't thinking curbs, pressure or pot holes that people are suggesting is doing this.

To be clear for a final time, I think this is a wind up. I'm actually very impressed with how many fish you've caught on this thread though hehe

Damian-k8d34

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20 posts

45 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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This is not a wind up. I have much better things to do with my time than waste it on here discussing a car issue. I came on here for advice as I was at a loss and over £500 down trying to fix it. As I mentioned, there was no bubbles appearing this morning when the tyre was dipped. I am also sure nobody is letting my tyres down.
I think everything has been exhausted and I won’t take up anymore of people’s time. Thank you to those who tried to help. If I end up discovering the issue I will post back on here.

Evoluzione

10,345 posts

242 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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It's that old gypsy tyre trick, very common in some areas so I heard.

tapkaJohnD

1,930 posts

203 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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When you do find out, Damian, please come back and prove them wrong!

NMNeil

5,860 posts

49 months

Friday 26th June 2020
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mickyh7 said:
But every wheel he puts on that hub (he thinks is) loosing air?
It is physically impossible!
Only if every wheel had a crack and that hub was distorted enough to somehow opened up the crack enough for it to leak when the wheel nuts were torqued up. But I think that highly unlikely and put it down to a gypsy curse, or, as I live in Roswell, the aliens wink.

LimSlip

800 posts

53 months

Saturday 27th June 2020
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tapkaJohnD said:
When you do find out, Damian, please come back and prove them wrong!
We'll be waiting a long time I reckon. Wheel and tyres can't decide to leak only when fitted to one particular corner, and then stop leaking when moved.