Slow punctures on floatation tyres

[jon9000]

Does anyone have any easy ways to locate a slow pucture and then repair it on a flotation tyre?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Soapy water round the rim ,,poor water over the tyres and watch for bubbles

 

[yellow belly]

Does anyone have any easy ways to locate a slow pucture and then repair it on a flotation tyre?

How slow psi per day

 

[jon9000]

5 psi per day approx.

 

[Dave W]

What psi are you running your tyres at?

We used to have trouble with turf tyres not sealing on the rim properly simply because they didn't rim at high enough pressure.
Often used to put 30psi in for a day to seat them and drop it back to 10 or whatever

 

[milkloss]

Just to add.... pump them up as hard as you dare and then a very weak soapy water mix. Weak enough that it doesn't bubble very much as you pour it over as you only want the hole to be making bubbles rather than creating a small foam party.

 

[PSQ]

Just to add.... pump them up as hard as you dare and then a very weak soapy water mix. Weak enough that it doesn't bubble very much as you pour it over as you only want the hole to be making bubbles rather than creating a small foam party.

If it's a rim leak, it will probably seal itself at higher PSI...

In my experience of modern 'vari-flex' tyres, they're great at what they do, but they're all inclined to lose pressure more than tyres at traditional pressures. The solution is to fill each tyre with a few litres of Oko puncture fluid and be done with it.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Just to add.... pump them up as hard as you dare

yes that andif the wheel is small enough take it off and put in a water tank .

'Air-sealproducts ltd ' gunk is the best gunk to get. will stop big holes up and seal rims long term unlike cheaper like oko stuff which just does a temporary one s it deteriorates.

 

[milkloss]

OKO is a funny one..... I find quite a lot is needed to reliably stop a leak as if the wheel doesn't move for a while it runs to the bottom and lets it leak again. Well tested on pram wheels!

 

[PSQ]

I should add that I'm a slave to setting tyre pressures for each job, and the valves tend to leak air when you bugger about with pressures on a daily basis. We usually have to change a few every year.