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|    wws to The Real Bev    |
|    Re: Corolla tire leakage    |
|    26 Jul 22 08:02:18    |
      From: wstiefer@gmail.com              On Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 3:56:58 PM UTC-5, The Real Bev wrote:       > 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.              My last leak was due to a crack in the rim. Welding was tricky so I epoxied it.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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