Tire Question

jcosta79

Fill up a shallow basin with water. Stick your wheel and tire inside the water. Wait a minute to see if any bubbles form. If not, rotate the wheel so that a new section goes under water. Repeat until you find the source of the leak. If no bubbles appear, you do not have a leak.

If you do not have a basin large enough to fit a wheel inside, fill up a bottle with some soapy water. Slowly pour the soapy water all around the tire and rim and look for bubbles to form.

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Pelican170

lol seriously??? that is not even the question at hand. You dont think Nissan has done that already?? They have done that, they have checked it 4 times now, replaced the TPSM, checked the bead, all fine..

I do have a leak, every 2-3 weeks i get the low air light on my car and its down to 27 lbs... there is a leak that they arent sure of and speculate it to be a plug that wont hold, it happens.... now that ive explained fully for everyone, so if anyone has any useful info about my actual question, i would appreciate it..

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jcosta79

Did you actually see them do it? I've seen tire guys swear they couldn't find a leak but they never dunked the tire in water. They only visually checked it. Only until a guy was willing to dunk it did they find the leak.

Now if they did all that, it could be a bad rim and it possibly only leaks when you drive it?

Either that or someone is messing with you.

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Pelican170

No, i didnt see them do it, but i guess ill go back and really give them hell about it. Frustrating at this point...

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37Z

Did the Dealership check the TMPS for an intermittent error...Just a wild thought?

Rusty

If you want to do it yourself. Go to the hardware store and get a bottle of leak detector liquid (Snoop). The same stuff you use on natural gas lines. This stuff WILL bubble and foam at the smallest leak.

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matcop

What you are describing is such a small amount of air escaping that dipping it in water will not cause those bubbles to float to the top like a normal big leak will.

I had custom made Boyd wheels made (many years ago)and I kept getting leaks. They could never find them. I told a buddy of mine that welds for a living and he found all of the leaks at the welds. Sometimes dirt ,old paint can help hold the air in a little. Scrub the rim inside and out really good. Look for the leak on the inside. You might not see bubbles float but maybe small foam forming in an area.

Good Luck !!!