Leaking alloy wheel

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quicklyman

Discussion Starter · May 21, 2012

I've come to the conclusion that one of my alloys is leaking, rather than the tyre. I've now had three tyres, over a period of time, on the same wheel, and out of all 4 wheels, it's always the same wheel where the tyre needs pumping back up to correct pressure every couple of weeks, all the other tyres seem to hold fairly consistent pressure.

It's a standard 17inch alloy on a 2004 SE 2.0D, I'm not sure what the name of the wheel is (would be interesting to find this out too if anyone knows, incase I need to source a replacement), but I'm wondering if others have experienced similar problems, and what the best solution is.

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Goudy

· #2 · May 22, 2012

Have you tried dripped the wheel in water, most tyre places can do this, see if and where it's leaking.

I presume the valve has been changed each time, sometimes you can get grit in it and it'll slowly leak.

I have a wheel on another car that slowly leaked around the rim, where the tyre bead fitted was a little corroded, kept having to wire brush the flacky shi'te off and use a bead sealer, Prem do a sealer that just paints on TYRE BEAD SEALER at AP-Tech

Hard to tell what wheels you have, but mines a 2004 SE 2.0D and have 17" Caymans, might be worth replacing the wheel altogether
17" Cayman Alloy Wheel & Tyre - 225/45/R17 - X-Type Parts

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quicklyman

Discussion Starter · #3 · May 22, 2012

Thanks very much for that advice, and yes the link to the Cayman alloy is identical to my wheel so that'll make my job of replacing the wheel a lot easier, if necessary.

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Robp

· #4 · May 22, 2012

I had this on the 18" Aruba alloys. The tyre company pointed out that the wheel had been welded across a crack and it was leaking through the weld. The wheel refurb company I went to for a replacement told me that they get quite a few Jag wheels in with cracks. Now a pothole has damaged the replacement!

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DaveJH

· #5 · May 22, 2012

I've got exactly the same problem with one of my wheels, but not sure if it a crack or not as I broke the locking wheel nut key trying to take the wheeel off! Still thanks to this forum I have managed to source a replacement key.

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Big cat little cat

· #6 · May 22, 2012

Sounds like a crack. If you get someone to weld it properly, it should be fine. One of mine had a crack in it and I got it welded for £50. That was the begining of last year. Still has the same tyre on it and never leaks.

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Fekker

· #7 · May 22, 2012

All my Aruba's leaked until I had them refurbished.

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daveh

· #8 · May 22, 2012

Had this problem with one of the alloys on my Ford, tyre pressure low after about 3/4 weeks. Had the bead seal on the wheel thoroughly cleaned up the tyre refitted and a new valve but still leaked. Finally succumbed to using a tyre sealer canister meant for punctures and after a while a thin bead of hardened foam found its way out from around the rim of the wheel in various places. This actually cured the problem so I left it in situ.

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