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copester · Feb 4th, 2007, 07:24 PM

Has anyone else had there tyre valves coming loose. I have a Oct/55 reg Cooper S and have 3 of the Trye valve internals almost come out. They have been held in by the valve caps. These have also held in the air as far as I can see, with the Run Flat indicator eventualy comming on. Most recently I had a loss of pressure over night.

I have not contacted my local dealer yet thinking it was just me. I suppose it could be vandalism but that seems a little far fetched.

Has any body else suffered the same?

DaveB · Feb 8th, 2007, 08:14 AM

That's interesting... Which runflats do you have?

My cooper S is also Oct/55 and one of my rear Pirelli runflats keeps losing pressure. I thought it must be a nail in the tyre, but I can't find anything. I will check the valve this afternoon to see if it is also damaged. If it is I will definitely be calling the dealer!

radfordmini · Feb 8th, 2007, 09:46 AM

Hi.

I had a new Pirelli runflat fitted after i had a puncture just before xmas. During the Xmas holidays my run flat indicator came back on! I checked my tyre pressures and found that the new tyre was losing air! I went back to the tyre place and they checked the tyre and found nothing wrong with it. They said it may need "resealing" which they did and the tyre has been fine since?!?
R

evoblade · Yesterday, 10:35 AM

so does it make any differece using plastic valve caps rathere than th standard metal caps?? i just seam tobe loosing pressure in a brand new tyre!!
thanks guys

Feb 4th, 2007, 07:24 PM	#1
copester MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: KENT Local Time: 01:04 AM Posts: 2 Offline	RunFlat Tyre Valves comming loose! Has anyone else had there tyre valves coming loose. I have a Oct/55 reg Cooper S and have 3 of the Trye valve internals almost come out. They have been held in by the valve caps. These have also held in the air as far as I can see, with the Run Flat indicator eventualy comming on. Most recently I had a loss of pressure over night. I have not contacted my local dealer yet thinking it was just me. I suppose it could be vandalism but that seems a little far fetched. Has any body else suffered the same?

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Feb 8th, 2007, 08:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
DaveB MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Local Time: 02:04 AM Posts: 5 Offline	That's interesting... Which runflats do you have? My cooper S is also Oct/55 and one of my rear Pirelli runflats keeps losing pressure. I thought it must be a nail in the tyre, but I can't find anything. I will check the valve this afternoon to see if it is also damaged. If it is I will definitely be calling the dealer!

Feb 8th, 2007, 09:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
radfordmini MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London Local Time: 02:04 AM Posts: 84 Offline	Hi. I had a new Pirelli runflat fitted after i had a puncture just before xmas. During the Xmas holidays my run flat indicator came back on! I checked my tyre pressures and found that the new tyre was losing air! I went back to the tyre place and they checked the tyre and found nothing wrong with it. They said it may need "resealing" which they did and the tyre has been fine since?!? R

Yesterday, 10:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
evoblade MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Local Time: 02:04 AM Posts: 3 Offline	so does it make any differece using plastic valve caps rathere than th standard metal caps?? i just seam tobe loosing pressure in a brand new tyre!! thanks guys

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