RE: Subject: Re: 200tq tires leaking!!!!

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

The rear tires on the 4kSQ were doing this for a while ... I thought that
perhaps I had accidentally driven on them while they were low and damaged
the sidewalls or something.  As they still were rather new, and I didn't pay
for the guarantee I figured I'd just live with them.  In any event, one of
the two tires started leaking even more, so that it would leak down in a
couple days; so I took them back in to have them checked.  I was expecting
to have to pay for two new tires, but when I returned they told me that they
found a couple punctures ... no charge!  You gotta like that!  So far the
tires have been holding air quite well.

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

> "mike jones" <depolom68@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >I put new tires on my 89' 200tq about three months ago. I have gone on
> >vacation twice since then for a week each time. Both times I've returned
> >to find the two front tires flat!!!! The first time the back tire was
> >alomost flat as well. I can't figure this out. I can drive the car
> >everyday and don't seem to lose any air. If I leave it sit I'm sure they
> >would all be flat within a week and a half. I've examined the tires and
> >there doesn't seem to be any nails or anything of the sort in them. Any
> >help anyone could give me I'd really appreciate. I'm planning on making
> >a very long trip in about a week and I'm worried about the situation.
> 
> I've also seen poor quality valve stems leak quite a bit; they may have
> reused
> the old ones.  Bring it back, ask for new valve stems, and have them
> overpressure the tire a bit and soap it up.  If there's a leak that would
> drain the tire overnight, you could likely spot it by the bubbles in the
> soapy
> water.
> HTH, chris miller, windham nh, c1j1miller@aol.com
> '91 200q ==> http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/index.html
>