Mystery flat tyre...
Posted: 05 Mar 2013, 08:39
I took my van into the local tyre place yesterday, as the o/s/r tyre looked to have a puncture.
It turned out to be not a puncture, but a dodgy valve, which had begun to perish. The van had just had a set of tyres fitted all round, just before I bought it a few years ago and I assume that new valves were fitted too. The tyre bloke reckons though that many of these cheapo tyre places that offer a 'all in one' price are fitting the cheapest valves they can buy to save costs and this is the result
So, I've had 5 new good quality valves fitted, just to be on the safe side. It might be worth checking the ones on your vans in case they are cheapo ones
It turned out to be not a puncture, but a dodgy valve, which had begun to perish. The van had just had a set of tyres fitted all round, just before I bought it a few years ago and I assume that new valves were fitted too. The tyre bloke reckons though that many of these cheapo tyre places that offer a 'all in one' price are fitting the cheapest valves they can buy to save costs and this is the result
So, I've had 5 new good quality valves fitted, just to be on the safe side. It might be worth checking the ones on your vans in case they are cheapo ones