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Razor

Post subject: Spare Wheel wont inflate

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:23 pm

998cc

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Location: Brisbane

Hi

I was checking the air pressure on my tyres and noticed the spare has probably no air in it.
Tried inflating it but it wont even discharge air or blow air in the tyre, I'm thinking something wrong with the tube?

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rainbowpython03

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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:25 pm

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Location: Liverpool

You didnt fill it with dry grass by any chance......J/K maybe the valve has seized?

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9YaTaH

Post subject: Popped...

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:56 pm

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Does it have a tube in it....fairly rare these days....it has probably just popped the seal off the rim.

Either take it to a tyre place to get pumped up or wind some rope or something around the outside of the tyre and twist it tight so that the tyre beads butt into the rim whilst you pump it up.

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Razor

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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:47 pm

998cc

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Location: Brisbane

thats a good trick
cheers

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Morris 1100

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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:53 pm

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If it is flat, it is flat for a reason. You need to find why it is flat.
There is no point in pumping it up and throwing it back in the boot. It will just be flat when you need it.

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Razor

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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 6:59 pm

998cc

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Location: Brisbane

I got the spare wheel like that when I bought the car...will take it to tyre/wheel place to get it checked.

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9YaTaH

Post subject: Yeah...

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:47 pm

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Location: Sthrn HiLoLands, NSW, Australia

Morris 1100 wrote:

If it is flat, it is flat for a reason. You need to find why it is flat. There is no point in pumping it up and throwing it back in the boot. It will just be flat when you need it.

But it may only be flat at the bottom, putting it back in the boot may spread the flatness around the tyre so that it is useable again :idea:

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Hanra

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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:03 pm

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Location: Cairns, Nrth QLD

Maybe there is a hole in ur tyre dear liiza?

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mad-mk1

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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:28 pm

THIS SPACE FOR RENT

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Location: barossa valley sa

a hole
dear liza a hole

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