Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure

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Wed 25 Aug 2010 10:13
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Whacko

Advice please. If the alloy wheels are stripped and re-painted will this stop the leaks ? (I've tried everything else).

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Wed 25 Aug 2010 10:21
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Peter D

Are they leaking at the rims. coat them with soapy water to detect the leak. If so them refurbing the alloys will fix this. Having them powder coated and oven cured is the beck finish. Regards Peter

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Wed 25 Aug 2010 15:38
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Armitage Shanks {p}

Years ago I had a new car delivered and 2 of the 5 alloys wheels were leaking. It turned out to be porous castings, established by taking the wheels off and immersing them in water; air leaking out of invisible cracks in the wheel casting and nothing to do with rim/bead seating problems, in my case.

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Wed 25 Aug 2010 19:28
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Whacko

Armitage Shanks thanks for your reply. Yes the rim seals and valve seals seem ok but even the casting leaks are too small to make bubbles under water, I've bought 2 secondhand wheels and one of them also leaks. Next step, re-furbishing. PS Excuse the typo - it should, of course, been 'losing' pressure.

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Wed 25 Aug 2010 19:14
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Whacko

Thanks Peter.

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Wed 25 Aug 2010 21:59
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Simoncelli58

Slime or OKO - works every time ! Great products and they seal puntures whilst there in there !

You'll only need half the recomended amount to seal porus wheels-very common problem.

And they dont break the bank,and they are DIY !

Good Luck.

Edited by mickyh7 on 25/08/2010 at 22:01

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Wed 25 Aug 2010 22:33
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - likerocks

uncanny - I posted about this problem getting on for 18 months ago. I never used slime because I was concerned that tyre fitters may take exception to it at a later stage. I stumbled across a fix just a couple of weeks ago

see my latest post here:

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=59690#m988295

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Sat 28 Aug 2010 20:31
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Whacko

Thanks for your response likerocks.

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Sat 28 Aug 2010 20:21
Mondeo Mk11 Zetec - Tyres loosing pressure - Whacko

Slime or OKO - works every time ! Great products and they seal puntures whilst there in there !

You'll only need half the recomended amount to seal porus wheels-very common problem.

And they dont break the bank,and they are DIY !

Good Luck.

Thanks mickyh7.

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