When I picked up the tire, the tech said he had removed the tire, cleaned rim, cleaned a barcode from the bead of the tire in the area that I had observed the leak, and no more leak when he put it back together. No charge! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On June 9, 2016 3:57:01 PM EDT, MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >Had this type of leak after replacing old tires on my wife's >truck. The tire place put on the new tires and told me that they >cleaned the rims and may have to use sealer on this one rim that >looked like it may not seal because of old sealer that they >couldn't get off. The tire started to leak after about two weeks. >I had them take the tire off and took the tire and rim home. I >had to use a fine wire wheel to get the old sealer from previous >leaks off the rim. Took it back and had them remount the tire >without sealer and have had no problems since. Seems they didn't >do a very good job on getting the old sealer off when they tried >because it would take too long. Took me about an hour to clean it >all. Haven't had any leaks since. > >BTW old tires were Michelins on the aluminum rims also. I >remember we got them on sale at a Walmart when new. They lasted a >pretty long time. Could be they had a problem with the rim seal >and used sealer right when those tires were new. That is what set >up the problem. The new tires are Coopers and seem to be fine >without sealer as long as the rims aren't too badly glopped with >old sealer anyway. > >Manfred > > > >Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:28:31 -0400 >From: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> > >This tire / wheel came from Wilton's wrecked 300D, he says it had >a slow leak from before the accident. It was on the rear axle. >Aluminum alloy rim, older Michelin tire. Afraid it may be so old >that the tire place won't touch it. I think they draw the line >at six years old? > >I'll drop it off tomorrow a.m. at a local tire shop to see if >they can fix it. Hate to use the fix-a-flat stuff, but that may >be an option. >-- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
