I bought a set of cooper s alloys (8 spokes it wont let me post a photo as I have less than 15 posts) second hand. they seemed in good enough condition, the guy said they were off his wifes cooper s but she wanted other wheels hence selling these.
first problem encountered was I couldnt get 2 of the caps off bc they were "locked" had to use an injector pin to unlock them - is this normal?
they have reasonable pressure but I wanted to pump them up more prior to putting on my car. but they arent taking in any air, when I attached the air hose to the valve literally nothing happens. it usually bleeps at me tells me to put the hose on properly then I readjust and it starts putting in air and displays the pressure increasing or if already at desired pressure the display will flash.
but I just got nothing. the display continually sat at the desired pressure, it didnt read the pressure of the tyres or pump any air in.
It wasnt the pump faulty as i tried it on my current wheels and worked as normal.
does anyone have any ideas? i dont own a mini i'm putting them on a car with the same fitment so not sure how mini alloys/tyres usually work but i'm sure they would just pump up like normal tyres.
appreciated if someone could shed some light on what might be the problem
first problem encountered was I couldnt get 2 of the caps off bc they were "locked" had to use an injector pin to unlock them - is this normal?
they have reasonable pressure but I wanted to pump them up more prior to putting on my car. but they arent taking in any air, when I attached the air hose to the valve literally nothing happens. it usually bleeps at me tells me to put the hose on properly then I readjust and it starts putting in air and displays the pressure increasing or if already at desired pressure the display will flash.
but I just got nothing. the display continually sat at the desired pressure, it didnt read the pressure of the tyres or pump any air in.
It wasnt the pump faulty as i tried it on my current wheels and worked as normal.
does anyone have any ideas? i dont own a mini i'm putting them on a car with the same fitment so not sure how mini alloys/tyres usually work but i'm sure they would just pump up like normal tyres.
appreciated if someone could shed some light on what might be the problem