Leaking wheels. Was: quattro Digest, Vol 46, Issue 30

[LL - NY]

FWIW, my 4KQ's Ronals did habitually leak, but my Speedline
A4 rims on my 200Q didn't, nor did it's Ronal snow rims, nor
do my Avus rims on the //S6. My GTi's "Aero" rims didn't leak
either.

On 8/18/07, cobram at juno.com <cobram at juno.com> wrote:
>
> suffolkd at aol.com writes:
>
> > A cracked wheel can leak air, but our 99 Avant suffers from flats
> > all the time, as I suspect the valve stems.?
>
> Has Audi ever made an alloy wheel that doesn't start to leak @ around 4
> or 5 years?  I gave up on trying to "fix" this feature on the 5KS and
> 200TQA, new tires, sanded and cleaned rim, enough Camel sealer to hold
> the Hindenberg together, new stems, and they STILL slowly leak.  I think
> Brishitium is the alloy of choice when it comes to wheels from the boys
> at Inglostadt.
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> I live on a one-way street that's also a dead end. I'm not sure how I got
> there.
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