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Newjack
03-21-2012, 01:34 PM
Front drivers side tire. I have continental run flats. Can I plug this? Currently there doesn't seem to be any air leaking from it. What do?

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45065965/Car/0321121641.jpg
Oli77
03-21-2012, 01:54 PM
I may be ignorant, but would not worry about it since you have run flats.
HokieZHP
03-21-2012, 01:56 PM
When I got a nail in my rear tire about the same place you did, they said it was too close to the edge to plug or patch.
Newjack
03-21-2012, 01:58 PM
BTW it is still holding air. No idea how long it has been there though.

Who told you they won't plug it Hokie? I think the opinion varies but I know that BMW will always replace it and never repair it no matter what.
HokieZHP
03-21-2012, 02:02 PM
Just the tire shop I went to. Mine was a little further out though...

Or they said they couldn't patch it, I don't remember if they said it wouldn't plug or not.
Jon D
03-21-2012, 02:10 PM
To far out to plug - it's replacement time. Just had same thing on one of my tires. It's on the shoulder outside the belts which is why they can't plug.
llll1l1ll
03-21-2012, 02:15 PM
I would plug it, but that's just me. I wouldn't plug it if it were literally on the sidewalls.

Also, Connie DWSs are run-flats??
Newjack
03-21-2012, 03:15 PM
I think I'm gonna leave it in until it starts to leak air. Then I'll plug it.

As far as I know these are run flats. The PO put them on, and there isn't a spare in the trunk. So if he lied, I'm up shit creek without a paddle.
Meric
03-21-2012, 03:18 PM
Pfft thats nothing compared to mine. Should be fine.
ryankokesh
03-21-2012, 04:23 PM
I don't think they're run flats. Those are the dws's afaik. It'll say on the sidewall if they are. At least my Dunlop winters do.


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BCS_ZHP
03-21-2012, 07:36 PM
Conti DWS's are NOT run flats, start looking for a spare.
llll1l1ll
03-22-2012, 03:28 AM
I thought they weren't run-flats...

Edit: I had a small screw in a similar location. Tire was holding air but I told the shop to plug it up, anyway. Haven't had a problem since!
danewilson77
03-22-2012, 03:44 AM
Conti DWS's are NOT run flats, start looking for a spare.


I thought they weren't run-flats...

Edit: I had a small screw in a similar location. Tire was holding air but I told the shop to plug it up, anyway. Haven't had a problem since!

They are NOT.
gr330zhp
03-22-2012, 05:02 AM
I don't think they are run flats

But last I knew, run flats can not be patched anyway. They need to be disposed, so I've heard :dunno
nk_zhp
03-22-2012, 05:48 AM
Rear or front? When I had a similar problem with one of my rears I filled it with SLIME, drove for almost a year and won the auto-x class I was competing in. Then I just replaced the tire.

With fronts, when you 1st start to drive the, Slime will need some time to spread around so you feel a little vibration in the wheel for the 1st 10 mins or so. With rears none of this is an issue.

Just FYI.
Ryans323i
03-22-2012, 06:22 AM
Rear or front? When I had a similar problem with one of my rears I filled it with SLIME, drove for almost a year and won the auto-x class I was competing in. Then I just replaced the tire.

With fronts, when you 1st start to drive the, Slime will need some time to spread around so you feel a little vibration in the wheel for the 1st 10 mins or so. With rears none of this is an issue.

Just FYI.

My guess, since the wheel is turned, it's a front tire.