CathyA
1-13-14, 1:05pm
I parked my van in our drive before the last snow storm came, and didn't move it for 9 days. I went out yesterday and the front tire was totally flat. I couldn't understand how that could happen.
I got out our air machine and tried to fill it, and nothing happened.
Then I realized that only this tire was up on about a 3" block of ice. I backed the van a few inches, tried to fill it again, and bingo! It filled up. I've driven it today and the air is staying in.
Help me understand what happened. I'm thinking that because I have some dents in my wheel rims, plus the pressure on the wheel from the other 3 tires being at ground level and this tire was up 3", plus the 20 below zero temps, the air was forced out at a dent in the rim?
Really weird. But I was really thankful I could easily fix it. I'm not able to rotate my tires because of all the dents in the wheels. Bummer. But the car is old and I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on new wheels.
Do you think my assessment of what happened is correct?
I got out our air machine and tried to fill it, and nothing happened.
Then I realized that only this tire was up on about a 3" block of ice. I backed the van a few inches, tried to fill it again, and bingo! It filled up. I've driven it today and the air is staying in.
Help me understand what happened. I'm thinking that because I have some dents in my wheel rims, plus the pressure on the wheel from the other 3 tires being at ground level and this tire was up 3", plus the 20 below zero temps, the air was forced out at a dent in the rim?
Really weird. But I was really thankful I could easily fix it. I'm not able to rotate my tires because of all the dents in the wheels. Bummer. But the car is old and I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on new wheels.
Do you think my assessment of what happened is correct?