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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   
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