Slow Tire Leak

[Max Hoepli]

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Myers [mailto:bob at chips-ur-s.com] 
Sent: March 15, 2008 16:17
To: Max Hoepli
Subject: Re: Slow Tire Leak


Valve stem leakage is probably most common - aside from punctures, of 
course.  I have also seen slow leakage resulting from a small crack 
in the wheel after pothole participation.


At 06:11 PM 3/15/2008, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>
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>Unique problem. Have slow leaking tire, all tires have 5600 km, 9 hole
>Al-alloy rims are at least 10 years old from S-Audi, not original to my
car.
>Was told Al-alloy when getting old will have problem of slow leak due to
>oxidizing at inside inner rim. Anyone have such experience? In the tire
shop
>garage noticed workers will take large buffing machines and clean away this
>gray like sediment from inner rims. Piles of gray produced in garage.
>
>
>
>1986 Type 44 Turbo Quattro
>
>Max
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