Hi,
I have a slow puncture on one of my tyres. I have just bin to a tyre place and said that it is too close to the tyre wall to put a plug in. They said the only option is a new tyre or a major repair which will cost £50 and the nearest plac round here that does them is 50 miles away. The tyre is too big for an inner tube apparently.
Here is the problem. I can't get a tyre until monday but I need to travel upto preston on sunday. I would normally put the spare on but that is 9 years old and I'm not sure if it would hold up to long trip.
Will the tyre with the slow puncture (and i mean slow its taken nearly 2 weeks to deflate from 40psi to 30 psi) hold up to 4 hours of motorway driving?
Will the 9 year old spare that has never left the spare wheel carrier in all that time be better?
Does anyone know any other quick fixes (such as the tyre repair kits from halfords tho i suspect the puncture is too close to the tyre wall for this either) that might work? What about superglue? I'm trying to think of anything that might work.
I have a slow puncture on one of my tyres. I have just bin to a tyre place and said that it is too close to the tyre wall to put a plug in. They said the only option is a new tyre or a major repair which will cost £50 and the nearest plac round here that does them is 50 miles away. The tyre is too big for an inner tube apparently.
Here is the problem. I can't get a tyre until monday but I need to travel upto preston on sunday. I would normally put the spare on but that is 9 years old and I'm not sure if it would hold up to long trip.
Will the tyre with the slow puncture (and i mean slow its taken nearly 2 weeks to deflate from 40psi to 30 psi) hold up to 4 hours of motorway driving?
Will the 9 year old spare that has never left the spare wheel carrier in all that time be better?
Does anyone know any other quick fixes (such as the tyre repair kits from halfords tho i suspect the puncture is too close to the tyre wall for this either) that might work? What about superglue? I'm trying to think of anything that might work.