Re: hph

Posted by humanpotatohybrid On 2022/12/14 22:22:45

So I got the tire aired up and found where the leak is, it's just on the tire stem. The stem internal screw is tight, it's leaking around the outside seal. I know I didn't mention it specifically to the shop, but would any decent mechanic look at this valve (pic below) on a car with dry rotted tires and be like "yeah that's good, no sense putting in a new one" especially when aren't these valves only like $5 apiece? Am I expecting too much?? At least replace the seals on the thing or call me and ask?

I put some blocking under the car so at least it won't collapse onto the rim if it deflates again, though I tweaked the stem enough so I could not hear a leak anymore before I went inside.

To make this whole situation even weirder, my daily driver is in the shop too for some collision damage, someone hit it a while back so his insurance is paying for a rental car. But my compressor and air gauges are in that car. So I had to run out and buy another compressor but forgot to pick up a pressure gauge so it's hard to judge whether the tire is losing air overnight unless it's enough to be obvious in other ways.

Thanks Howard for the valuable info but I forgot to restate that it has aftermarket A/C, installed some years ago (maybe around 2013?) that either was never charged or leaked out completely over that time. Edit: it specifically uses R134a.

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