Will an OPC repair a puncture...

[Ken Figenus]

... or try to flog me a new tyre? Its just a screw in the middle off the tread. I say 'just' but it suggests recovery and loss of the car for a day!

It could be the type of thing they would refuse to do (its not an N0 Porsche approved screw ) so if so I'll take the wheel off and head over to whoever's open after work on Monday.

Cheers

[jackliebling]

One word... No.... Just get it plugged somewhere...

[Theone8181]

Id love to know how much they'd charge, £100 maybe .

[tr7v8]

jackliebling said:

One word... No.... Just get it plugged somewhere...

This, independent time

[Ken Figenus]

Thanks guys - good to know. The Porsche Assist recovery truck did say they would take it anywhere. Seems mad for a puncture - may freeze the air sus and whip the wheel off myself and drive over to some good guys about 3 miles away as I have a trolley jack. Cheers.

[WG]

I have to say that I would not entertain repairing a tyre on a high performance car. What is the cost of a new tyre compared to the potential cost of a blow out at high speed - even at legal speeds a blow out could be pretty dramatic !!

[996TT02]

WG said:

I have to say that I would not entertain repairing a tyre on a high performance car. What is the cost of a new tyre compared to the potential cost of a blow out at high speed - even at legal speeds a blow out could be pretty dramatic !!

Repairing a puncture of that sort will not ever cause a blowout so the comparison is pointless.

Still, lots of people are happy you think so, you keep the market supplied with fantastic quality part-worns.

[Ken Figenus]

Absolutely - and now with TPMS even a tyre that is seeping air from any poor repair can be detected, however unlikely.

Chap is coming over tomorr at 9am to do it for £25 - he's happy tackling a 21" diamond cut with a paranoid owner due to past bad experiences!

[griffter]

WG said:

I have to say that I would not entertain repairing a tyre on a high performance car. What is the cost of a new tyre compared to the potential cost of a blow out at high speed - even at legal speeds a blow out could be pretty dramatic !!

I agree. The plug may not fall out, but the integrity of the repair is dependent upon the skill
of the technician who repairs it. If the structure of the tyre is damaged, for example because of damage to the cords/webbing you’ve got to hope the technician spots that and advises correctly. Even if the structure isn’t damaged you’ve got to hope the repeated battering the repair gets doesn’t propagate the damage and the glue holds.

[The Surveyor]

WG said:

I have to say that I would not entertain repairing a tyre on a high performance car. What is the cost of a new tyre compared to the potential cost of a blow out at high speed - even at legal speeds a blow out could be pretty dramatic !!

I've just had a puncture repaired on a P Zero on rear of my 570s, similar screw right in the middle, Pirelli themselves confirmed that it was perfectly repairable, even with the acoustic foam on the inside.

I'd suggest the bigger danger would come from a mismatched pair of tyres on the drive wheels if you replaced the tyre, a brand new tyre with full tread depth against a part-worn older tyre on the other unbalancing the car. Saying that, if the tyre was more than half-worn, I'd be taking the puncture as an opportunity to replace both.

[anonymous-user]

Don't forget if you replace a tyre that is more than 30% worn you should replace the other one on the same axle to keep the rolling radius within limits as the electronics can get upset.

[kilarney]

griffter said:

I agree. The plug may not fall out, but the integrity of the repair is dependent upon the skill
of the technician who repairs it. If the structure of the tyre is damaged, for example because of damage to the cords/webbing you’ve got to hope the technician spots that and advises correctly. Even if the structure isn’t damaged you’ve got to hope the repeated battering the repair gets doesn’t propagate the damage and the glue holds.

I dont agree and fix my own tyres with the full facilities available to me. In fact I fixed my Boxster one last week due to a screw in the centre. There is only one big risk and that being the tyre was driven on whilst flat hence why fun flats arent repaired, if you know it hasnt been then its good go ( not the run flat)

The other consideration is the location, if its in the outer radius then it can still be repaired but only by a specialist with curing oven. If its the side wall then I wouldnt go there.

[Younez]

I think OPC won't do warranty renewal if tyre has been repaired

[gwsinc]

I was once quoted £250 ish for a Michelin PS2 that ‘definitely’ needed to be replaced.

Asked them to show me the problem, so they showed me a screw head stuck in the rubber. I gave it a flick and 2mm of screw head fell out, no sign of the rest of the screw or any damage to the tyre.

That flick saved me £250.

Edited by gwsinc on Thursday 27th September 00:05