Cannot get air in tyre.

Fluffsta · Post by **Fluffsta** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:22 pm

Just nipped down the local garage to fill the tyres. I cannot seem to get any air into one tyre, tried again and again but nothing happening!

Does this sound like a faulty valve? I am going to nip down the local tyre place tomorrow and get this checked out. I seem to be losing air in all tyres quite fast anyway (from 33PSI to 17PSI in a matter of weeks).

If I get all the valves replaced do they come with the innertube or just valves?

Many thanks!

Post by **Pushki** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:27 pm

Do car tyres still have innertubes these days? Mine don't. It does sound like a faulty valve.
Put some soapy water in the valve and look for bubbles.

Fluffsta · Post by **Fluffsta** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:36 pm

Not too sure if mine have innertubes or not! Going to get all the valves replaced anyway tomorrow. I suppose that should fix the leakage problem with them.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:00 am

I think only tractors and the like have innertubes these days

You sure it's not just the compressor at fault?

Though losing half your pressure in a matter of weeks isn't great.

Question... Why you only putting in 34 PSI in?

Post by **Pushki** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:21 am

NafemanNathan wrote:Question... Why you only putting in 34 PSI in?

I put 32 psi all round in mine.

Fluffsta · Post by **Fluffsta** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:05 am

NafemanNathan wrote:
You sure it's not just the compressor at fault?

The Air compressor at the garage? Yes I am sure it was fine, worked for all the other tyres yet when I kept trying the tyre with the problem nothing! No air coming in or out.

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:48 am

Was the tyre completly flat?

Post by **Donald** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:32 am

^ under a certain PSI some of those garage machines won't work and you have to press a different button, at least at my local anyway...

W1ggz · Post by **W1ggz** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:15 am

If you cant get air in the valve is probably broken, if you have a valve key check that all the insides of the valve are tight this could be your air leak.
5g wheels always corode around the rim where the tyre seals on this is most likely the place you will be loosing air if all your tyres are going down, if you go into your local tyre garage they will take all the wheels off check them with soapy water. If it is found to be rims leaking they will remove the tyre then grind back the inner lip off the wheel aply some rim seal, lovely orange gunky stuff put your tyre back on job done. Probably be £15 per wheel.
No matter how good the face of the wheel looks they always corode on these inner lips.
hope this helps

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:19 am

Fluffsta wrote:
NafemanNathan wrote:You sure it's not just the compressor at fault?
The Air compressor at the garage? Yes I am sure it was fine, worked for all the other tyres yet when I kept trying the tyre with the problem nothing! No air coming in or out.

Sorry, I was quite tired when I read that last night. I read "I cannot seem to get any air into one tyre" as "I cannot seem to get air into a single tyre"

hence why that would point at the compressor to me

Yeah, just sounds like a dodgey valve to me. Depending on your valve, you may be able to retract the innards of it to simply replace with new which is easy peasy for a garage.

Pushki wrote:
NafemanNathan wrote:Question... Why you only putting in 34 PSI in?
I put 32 psi all round in mine.

Oh, I run 40 PSI in my daily.