I recently got a new set of Falken tyres for the Cooper and one of them kept slowly deflating. I took it off to inspect for nails etc. and discovered that they were put on as tubeless tyres, so I checked the rest of the wheels and sure enough, no tubes. Previously, all wheels had been fitted with tubes and they were never put back with the new tyres. I have just approached the tyre dealer for an answer and his reply was basically that it is a tubeless tyre and that is why the fitters didn't put the tubes back in. He reckons that tyre manufacturers will not uphold warranties if tubes are fitted.
For anyone who runs original steelies on their cars, a lot of the earlier models do not run rims that are designed for tubeless tyres as in my Cooper. Running tubeless without a tube will void any insurance you carry on the car should they be the cause of any any accident. It really peeves me
when tyre dealers are not aware of the difference in rim structures and again, putting this to the dealer, his reply was "old cars shouldn't be on the road" . He also made the profound statement "that putting a tube in a tubeless tyre causes them to go flat". No more business for him.
Has anyone else encountered this sort of problem and are people aware of the difference in rims? Pays to always check, in my case I didn't
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the experiences us "old farts" (as my sons sometimes refer to me as) have had.
