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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 907 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Air pressure 09/16/11 at 13:29:52 The air pessure in my front tire dropped about 4 lbs in 2 weeks . The back tire only dropped 1 lb. Do you think this is unusual? Thanks
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #1 - 09/16/11 at 23:33:57 Yes, its not normal for tube tires to drop 2 lbs a week. I would consider that to be a slow leak.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #2 - 09/17/11 at 07:23:48 Routy wrote on 09/16/11 at 23:33:57: Yes, its not normal for tube tires to drop 2 lbs a week. I would consider that to be a slow leak. I would consider that Routy is correct. I would like to ask, however,... if it is not normal for TUBE tires to drop 2 lbs a week, for what kinds of tires would that slow leak be normal?
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #3 - 09/17/11 at 08:01:06 Last winter in 5 months I only lost 4 pounds,I would spray wd 40 on the valve then air it up.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #4 - 09/17/11 at 08:13:01 bill67 wrote on 09/17/11 at 08:01:06: Last winter in 5 months I only lost 4 pounds,I would spray wd 40 on the valve then air it up. Maybe you should try Atkins.
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Fish Full Member Offline Who Shot Who In The What Now? Posts: 213 (near) Tampa, FL Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #5 - 09/17/11 at 09:23:55 Zing!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Air pressure Reply #6 - 09/17/11 at 09:50:51 Spit on a finger & drag it across the valve stem, otta be able to create a Bubble. If it gets bigger,, its leaking
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Re: Air pressure
Reply #7 - 09/17/11 at 15:52:23

Tires are rubber. Rubber is pourus. (porous?) *spellcheck* // They all eventually leak some, especially with temp change. Usually colder weather causes them to read less pressure. I assume this also has to do with heat expands//cold contracts. If you check them regularly, you should notice a pattern, over time.
That said, having worked in the tire business for 23 years, it was a common thing to be airing up tires as soon as the cold weather moved in. But even in summer, almost every car on the rack had low tire pressure. That's one reason why we had to check every tire on every car.
I would air them up and then check them every day for the next week. If it goes back down in that time, then you probably have a leak.

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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 907 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #8 - 09/18/11 at 13:28:23 I'm going to try the wd40 in the valve ,and the spit thing . Thanks!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Air pressure Reply #9 - 09/18/11 at 14:31:10 Check w/spit, fix w/ wd40
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28997 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #10 - 09/18/11 at 14:34:56 since you just need some moisture to carry whatever bit of sh!tsky out of the seal, hock a big one. forget the wd40.
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BobR YaBB Newbies Offline Who said retirement has to be boring?? Posts: 39 St. John's, NL Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #11 - 09/18/11 at 17:32:44 How does WD40 fix it??
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Re: Air pressure
Reply #12 - 09/18/11 at 17:41:22

BobR wrote on 09/18/11 at 17:32:44:

How does WD40 fix it??

Deflate the tire, take the core out of the valve, and stick the WD40 red straw in the valve stem and squirt. The idea is to dislodge any small chunks sitting there that might cause a leak. Clean off the core as well before you insert it back into the stem. Use a metal valve cap with a rubber seal inside as insurance.

Some guys don't like to squirt oily stuff into the valve stem (thereby squirting oily stuff into the tube), so they just use compressed air.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #13 - 09/18/11 at 18:04:25 Just deflate tire about 10 pounds spray with WD 40 and air it back up.The needle can get sticky some times.
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drums1 Serious Thumper Offline '87 Savage Bashed--Down for the count Posts: 664 Racine, Wisconsin Gender:	Re: Air pressure Reply #14 - 09/19/11 at 14:40:50 Or just replace the core. Any tire place has them, or auto parts places. For mere pennies !! And if it still leaks out the valve then, you need a new tube.
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