Puncture repair advice please

[Markp]

They got it half way off and seen the foam and said they couldn't repair it. I should have went to Audi but national where the only place open

Ah, you foamed it, game over then ha

I think that is the noise reducing foam lining - stops all repairs.

[feeltheburn]

They can be repaired:
http://www.continental-tires.co.kr/www/ ... ons_kr.pdf. I kept the pdf on my phone just incase it ever came in useful.

Also see an old post regarding Continentals take on whether the puncture repair gunk will work....probably not!
viewtopic.php?f=76&t=116073&start=15

[andywaddy]

I had two punctures in the first week so I feel I am somewhat qualified to throw my two penance in...

The first of my puncturea was a tapered metal shard which made the tyre irreparable due to the size of the hole.

The second was two three-inch screws both near to the centre of the tread. Now due to me driving the thing like I stole it every time I go out in it, I replaced it with a new tyre but I did get the other one repaired (plugged) and have kept it as a spare as it was a brand new tyre effectively. Note, this did have the noise reducing foam inside of it and didn't prove a problem for the repairers.
As others have said, due to the nature of the car, as annoying as it is having to shell out for a new tyre, I would go down that route and just get the other one plugged and keep it for an emergency spare.

[Bit_evl]

A few people have told me that they have been refused repairs on more humble tyres due to the foam. When pushed the repair is suddently found to be possible but against advice. A tyre company rep said it was through poor educashun at the fitters or more often a basic desire to improve business by selling a new tyre. Especially when the queue is long !

+1 for replacement - I don't like putting 600bhp through 4 tiny contact patches with any risk I can avoid. Also insurance tend to get big risks inspected these days and you never read your Ts&Cs right ?

I have a tendency to buy ahead and have a pair (try and always change an axle at a time as a minimum) in the garage if I see them for sale at a decent price. It saves that "don't have the right one/size" snafu. Tyreleader.co.uk seems to be cheap for MPSS and others currently but I also use mytyres and blackcircles (with the tesco storefront it gives you more points)

HTH

[Markp]

A few people have told me that they have been refused repairs on more humble tyres due to the foam. When pushed the repair is suddently found to be possible but against advice. A tyre company rep said it was through poor educashun at the fitters or more often a basic desire to improve business by selling a new tyre. Especially when the queue is long !

+1 for replacement - I don't like putting 600bhp through 4 tiny contact patches with any risk I can avoid. Also insurance tend to get big risks inspected these days and you never read your Ts&Cs right ?

I have a tendency to buy ahead and have a pair (try and always change an axle at a time as a minimum) in the garage if I see them for sale at a decent price. It saves that "don't have the right one/size" snafu. Tyreleader.co.uk seems to be cheap for MPSS and others currently but I also use mytyres and blackcircles (with the tesco storefront it gives you more points)

HTH

Me too. In fact when I was looking for a spare to keep at home / bung in the boot for long trips I found a bloke selling his delivery mileage set of 4 wheels and Tyres as his dealer was fitting aftermarket rims. £1595 delivered.

[535dboy]

I've had puncture repairs on my hard used track cars in the past with no issues and you don't reach those levels of strain on the road

Re repair. Get it written that they will repair it with no time frame.

Then leave it because that isn't bad enough to do yet and you might do worse than that yet which will warrant the repair which you can have fixed for free. This is also a good strategy knowing that you can only get a diamond cut wheel repaired once and Sod's law says that the next bout of damage will be worse than that and will need repairing.

This is what I did when a kwik fit franchise damaged mine and I left it a year until I clonked it myself in Gatwick airport

Job done

[MikeFish]

I've never had trouble with puncture repairs before.

[feeltheburn]

If the recommended repair criteria regarding puncture location and hole size is respected, the likliehood of an sudden blow out is almost zero. If a repair was likely to increase the chances then there is no way (imo) that repairs of any kind would be allowed. No manufacturer would risk a law suit with such knowledge, and given it would be to their financial gain if repairs were banned they would be pushing hard to ban them or at least scare us of the potential dangers.

We would all prefer to run on an unrepaired tyre, however I think the more likley outcome is a slow puncture that will be more of an annoyance than a hazard. The RS has TPMS so you will get a warning way in advance of any significant pressure loss that could cause overheating and an immediate saftey issue.

I'd be pushing to get a new wheel- they damaged it they should replace it (National tyres damaged a 19" wheel of mine a few years ago despite assurances that they wouldn't!). You normally only get 1 opportunity to repair a diamond cut wheel and if you do damage it yourself in future then you'll be the one shelling out for a new wheel rather than a repair!