Air escaping from tires, could be bad? Options

[funnyboy117]

I was turning left on my 2-3 week old wheels and tires today when I noticed a sounds coming from the right front fender of my car. I thought it was the tire rubbing against the fender, but it only happened once every time the tire revolved. When I got home I had my car parked and I moved the wheel back and forth, and I heard the same sound while the wheels were moving against the ground.

I went out and checked, pushing on the tire or looking for a place it might rub, but I couldn't find anything. But when I tugged gently on the tire, pulling it slightly away from the rim, a small spurt of air came out. At first I thought oh ****, another flat tire, but as I kept letting air out, the tire wasn't losing any pressure, and eventually, no more air came out. I have no idea what the problem is.

My hopethesis: When the tire was mounted, somehow some air was trapped inside and now has to escape, which means the problem will go away now. However, if the same thing happens when I drive tomorrow, then I am horribly wrong and possibly in danger. Does anyone have any idea what this is?

It might help to know that my wheels haven't been aligned since I got the new wheels and tires, moving up from stock to 18", and there has been an ever-so-slight pull to the left.

If anyone has any clue of what could cause this, please let me know.

[DamDirtyApes]

thats weird, id bring it to a place and have them remount the tire, you can never be to carefull

[95BlueGT]

you probably got something stuck in the bead of the tire, like small rocks, sand or something and it could be due to that your tire did not seal properly on the rim...so Do this. fill the tire up to 10-15 pounds of air more than the max rated on the tire (its probably 44 or 35 psi). Drive it for a little while like around the block so the tire will flex and seal properly with the air inside pushing the tire out..Taht way the bead of the tire will seal against your rim.

Don't forget to take out the air to your normal running psi.

This post has been edited by 95BlueGT: Aug 2, 2004 - 6:52 PM

[DamDirtyApes]

i dont know if thats a great way, overdoing the pressure could cause seroius damage to tthe tire, u hit one little bump...... the most u safely can over pressurize is up to 5 psi i think

[BlackSTX]

If you got them at a tire shop just go back and tell them about it, especially if they're only 3 weeks old. It sounds to me like a rim leak. It's no big deal. I've had it happen before. I kept looking for stuff in the tire and couldn't find anything. Most places take like 10 minutes and can fix it for free.

[ConeTrouble]

Definitely take it back to the place that mounted the tire for you and tell them. Most likely they will dismount, cleant the rim/bead, and remount for free.

[95BlueGT]