[s-cars] Slow Tire Leak

[Jerry Scott]

I have a set of the stock 16 x 8 rims that were powder coated about 7 years 
ago and have never had a problem with them.  The nice thing is that brake 
dust does not stick to them.
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Max Hoepli" <mhoepli at vif.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Cc: <audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>; 
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Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Slow Tire Leak


>I had a set of '89 200 Pearl White rims that none of the tire garages could
> get to stop leaking a slow leak.  I think a lot of it was due to the paint
> finish coming off...I'm not sure....but I finally had to buy a replacement
> set of rims to stop the  weekly tire filling crap.
> --Calvin
>
>
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> -----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,
>>
>>
>>
>>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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