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Old 04-04-2016, 08:07 PM
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I havent had a flat on any car in over 4 years. I had PSS on my S4 every summer and did not have any issues either. Now I throw on my PSS on 19inch wheels 2 weeks ago and picked up a screw in the rear driver side tire last week and then today another in the front driver side... I patched/plugged the rear one professionally last week. Today I had to plug the tire myself. I pulled away and at speeds between 20-45mph I hear a sound that sounds like that front left tire is still flat. I torqued down the lug bolts correctly. Not sure maybe they are uneven or is it possible that driving on the tire with low pressure deformed the tire and now it needs to be driven on? OR could it be that the plug threw it off balance? (I doubt that but you never know)
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Did you check the air psi in the one you fixed today?
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I picked up a drywall screw in my rear within 20 miles of mounting my PSS.
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The PSS on my M3 had picked up a total 4 screws in 3 tires. The PSS on the C63 had two on the drivers side rear and one on the passenger side front.
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Originally Posted by ENV²
I havent had a flat on any car in over 4 years. I had PSS on my S4 every summer and did not have any issues either. Now I throw on my PSS on 19inch wheels 2 weeks ago and picked up a screw in the rear driver side tire last week and then today another in the front driver side... I patched/plugged the rear one professionally last week. Today I had to plug the tire myself. I pulled away and at speeds between 20-45mph I hear a sound that sounds like that front left tire is still flat. I torqued down the lug bolts correctly. Not sure maybe they are uneven or is it possible that driving on the tire with low pressure deformed the tire and now it needs to be driven on? OR could it be that the plug threw it off balance? (I doubt that but you never know)
Just throwing this out there: is some construction going on near where you work or something? I'd guess you may have picked up multiple screws in the same location.
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Hyper-inflation tends to turn tires into screw/debris magnets.
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I had also caught two screws in my PSS in the past... I guess they love screws.
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I lost a 275/30/19 due to a drywall screw just into the sidewall. Really small hole but I did not want to chance a repair in the sidewall. Tire is sitting in my loft.

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