[net.auto] Don't use "stop-leak" in tires!

fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) (09/23/84)

*WARNING*

There are several brands of aerosol tire fixers on the market which
are supposed to seal leaks from small punctures in your tires. DON'T
USE THEM!  I recently had a tire fixed after this gunk failed to
seal a slow leak in one of my Michelins, and the guy at the tire
shop showed me what this CRAP had done -- eaten all the paint off
the rim.  He said that it eventually would have ruined the tire.
Fortunately, I cought it in time, so I only spent $7 for a patch,
instead of $100 for a new tire.
-- 

                               Bob Fishell
                               ihnp4!ihu1g!fish

2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) (09/23/84)

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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh

>  I recently had a tire fixed after this gunk failed to
> seal a slow leak in one of my Michelins, and the guy at the tire
> shop showed me what this CRAP had done -- eaten all the paint off
> the rim.

You are right, you should never use "this CRAP" in a tubless tire.  You
should use a tube.  Any time I get a flat in a Michelin I get a tube put
in.
However if my garden tractor or farm tractor get a slow leak, I use the
CRAP.  The CRAP has always worked and has never rotted any tubes which I
have used for over 10 years.  Since my tractors don't have spare tire, it
is much easier to use the CRAP than remove the wheel and take it to a tire
shop.

marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand) (09/25/84)

I disagree.  These products are very useful and will get you home in
an emergency.  Obviously, you shouldn't drive around on a tyre full
of foamy gunk for weeks on end - you should take the tyre to be repaired
properly (that means re-vulcanising, too) as soon as possible.  You
should use the product for the purpose for which it is designed (as
a temporary fix) and not complain about its innadequacy concerning
other uses (as a cheap, nasty and potentially dangerous way of repairing
a tyre permanently).

		Marcus Hand   (pyuxt!marcus)

ayers@convex.UUCP (09/25/84)

How 'bout you say instead:

	READ THE INSTRUCTIONS


I don't know of any "aerosol" on the market that is not clearly marked
for emergencies only -- NOT to be used as a long term "fix", but just to
get you to the station...


				blues, II

		(Does that mean I can't drink it either?)

garry@bolton.UUCP (Garry Baer) (09/27/84)

	What happened to the good ol' fashion way of changing the tire??
Its more work, but then you can get the flat fixed at your leasure.

This assumes that those folks are given those "go-kart" spares, throw them
away and you "real" tires!!!


				The Baer

marcus@pyuxt.UUCP (M. G. Hand) (10/01/84)

>		What happened to the good ol' fashion way of changing the tire??
>	Its more work, but then you can get the flat fixed at your leasure.
>	
>	This assumes that those folks are given those "go-kart" spares, throw 
>	them away and you "real" tires!!!
>	
>					The Baer
	I would if they would fit in the spare tyre well, but they don't!
					Marcus Hand