2005 Hyundai Getz Repair Question
Asked on January 19, 2013
Hyundai Getz Wheel Problem
Hi fitted new vredestien tyres almost two years ago and the tyres always seem to loose air pressure of about five psi per week.the car does 10,000miles a year
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Replied on January 19, 2013
If you have cast aluminum wheels, suspect corrosion around the beads, especially next to any clip-on wheel weights. You can verify that by spraying watered-down dish soap around the area and watching for bubbles. Usually a good scrubbing with a stuff wire brush, (after the tire is removed from the wheel), will clean them up, then the tire installer can coat both beads with bead sealer. That's a tar-like coating that fill in the voids caused by corrosion that the air sneaks out through.