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   The Real Bev to All   
   Corolla tire leakage   
   24 Jul 22 13:56:53   
   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   2013 Corolla S with the original wheels, tires and pressure sensors.   
   There are only 33K miles on the tires and the tread is just fine.Ever   
   since I've had it (2016) a single tire loses air very slowly -- it used   
   to go from 32 (or 35, I'm not real picky) down to maybe 24, and the   
   light would come on.  A month or so later the same thing happened.  Time   
   between lights is now between one and two weeks.   
      
   Dealer said he couldn't see a problem.  (I have no actual proof that he   
   actually looked.)  I have a nice plug-in tire pump (the $35 one from   
   Harbor Freight;  the cheaper one burned up rather quickly when I tried   
   to pump all four tires) so there's no real problem, and I'm unwilling to   
   load the tire up with slime, but I'd really like to know WTF is   
   happening.  Sooner or later I'm going to need new tires and it would be   
   nice to know if I need a new pressure sensor too.   
      
   BTW, I really like the tires (Goodyear Eagle RS-A) -- excellent   
   cornering on the road I take to go skiing.  People really need to be   
   ashamed when they get passed by a granny in a 9-YO Corolla!   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
          A man's got to know his limitations.   
          It's a woman's duty to make sure of this.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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