How To Plug A Tire and Check For Leaks

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Hello again, I hope you enjoy this latest offering. I'm sure there will be those that disagree with this practice but thats OK, I feel there are times when it can be done and save a bunch of work resealing a tire. This also shows my preferred method of checking for leaks which I hope you benefit from.

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[trodengore]

@EricTheCarGuy good vid, I felt it need some information on why those plugs are only a temporary solution by stating that they can pop out of the tyre again and cause sudden deflation and how a plug should only ever be a temp solution so you can get to a tyre store and have it professionally patched

[EricTheCarGuy]

@trodengore Honestly I've never seen or heard of that happening, if it did I would say that perhaps it was never installed correctly in the first place. I did mention in the video however that the best method is to patch a tire as that is what most tire manufacturers recommend. Thanks for your input

[TorqueRider2000]

once i was not able to find the leak, threw it in the pool and found it :) just a helpful tip!

[EricTheCarGuy]

@TorqueRider2000 That would work too. Thanks for the comment.

[TorqueRider2000]

@EricTheCarGuy your welcome, and yea the reason i could not find it, i was working on someones set of 20" gold 100spoke rims, could not find the leak for anything, well turned out it was where one of the spokes met the rim....

[EricTheCarGuy]

@TorqueRider2000 I've seen that myself, thanks for your post.

[TripInsure]

I recently blew a tire, went into a national chain and they plugged the tire and then told me it would not hold and that I needed to buy a new tire from them.. I left, took the tire to the local tire guy in the small town I live in and he patched it and it is fine.

[localcrew]

You seem to know what you're doing but I'm gonna jump in anyway. I always pump a tire up to about max inflation + 20 before I check for leaks with the soapy stuff. I never look for nails either. Just spray the whole tire and let the soap do the hard stuff. Another thing is the silicone on the awl. Is it a good idea to introduce a contaminant before you push a plug in there? I wonder. Plus I always use the glue with the plugs. And I drill 'em. If it's a big hole I use two plugs. Nice video!

[julessmyth]

Great video very informative. Do a lot of four wheel driving this will help, gonna buy a kit. Thanks mate.

[ninjaryder1st]

Say Eric, some of the plastic tire plugger kits at Walmart go for under $10. They come with rubber cement that you apply on the plug itself. Did you use a special plug material that doesn't need rubber cemenet?