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low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:28 am
by Robert Waters
I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube. After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I go to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
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low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:47 am
by Jeff Saline
On Wed, 9 May 2012 07:28:05 -0700 (PDT) Robert Waters
writes:
> I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the
> tube. After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air
> it up. It stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting
> low, but then I go to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it
> up and it does the same thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60
> years old and have never seen this happen. Could it be the
> patch holding at "high pressure" but when it leaks off slowly and
> gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
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Robert,
Patches either hold or they don't. Sounds like you've got a slow leak.
Probably won't take more than an hour to replace the tube and inspect the
inside of the tire.
Best,
Jeff Saline
ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal
Airheads Beemer Club
www.airheads.org
The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota
75 R90/6, 03 KLR650
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low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:52 am
by k650@verizon.net
How long have you been driving? You are 60 and never had a slow leak?
Walt
-----Original Message-----
I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube.
After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It
stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I go
to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same
thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen
this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it
leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 9:55 am
by Ron Haraseth
Sounds exactly what I encountered last early fall. Patched a front tube out
in the middle of nowhere and then a few weeks later even farther out
nowhere, the tire kept going down, but not in a consistent manner. Had a
new HD tube to pop in this time and found the patch had let go. I hear the
new tubes do not take patches well like those of old. I now ALWAYS care a
pair of new tubes, but keep a patch kit for further backup.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Waters
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:28 AM
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube.
After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It
stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I go
to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same
thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen
this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it
leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:00 am
by Fred Hink
Maybe a visit to a urologist is in order.
Fred
http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com
From: Robert Waters
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:28 AM
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube. After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I go to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
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low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:08 am
by Robert Waters
Perhaps I did not make clear what is happening. The tire stays up for several days without any sign of a leak, then, all of a sudden, it goes flat--completely flat. I air it up and it repeats...
--- On Wed, 5/9/12, Fred Hink wrote:
From: Fred Hink
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Waters"
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 11:00 AM
Maybe a visit to a urologist is in order.
Fred
http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com
From: Robert Waters
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:28 AM
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube. After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I go to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
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low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:23 am
by mark ward
6-8lbs of pressure with no one on the bike it will LOOK "fine".
When running in deeper sand I know guys that let it out down to 12lbs. LOOKS ok.
--- On Wed, 5/9/12, Fred Hink wrote:
From: Fred Hink
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Waters"
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 4:00 PM
Maybe a visit to a urologist is in order.
Fred
http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com
From: Robert Waters
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:28 AM
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube. After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I go to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
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low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:34 am
by k650@verizon.net
Just shake it a little to get out the last drop and try some saw palmetto
and pygeum.
Walt
-----Original Message-----
Maybe a visit to a urologist is in order.
Fred
http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com
low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:38 am
by david zawadzki
I bet the air escapes daily. You may not notice anything at 30psi,
25...23...and then at 18 BAM! The tiire seems completely flat. I just heard
guys talking about this on NPR 93.9 (saturday 10am "Car Talk"). Great and
funny show
I bet if you check daily you ll notice tat the air escapes a bit.
Then again...maybe not
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 12:23 PM, mark ward wrote:
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> 6-8lbs of pressure with no one on the bike it will LOOK "fine".
> When running in deeper sand I know guys that let it out down to 12lbs.
> LOOKS ok.
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> --- On Wed, 5/9/12, Fred Hink wrote:
>
> From: Fred Hink
> Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
> To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Waters"
> Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 4:00 PM
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> Maybe a visit to a urologist is in order.
>
> Fred
>
http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com
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> From: Robert Waters
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:28 AM
> To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Low Pressure Leak?
>
> I had a flat on the trail a few weeks ago. Put two patches on the tube.
> After several days I go out to my bike and it is flat. I air it up. It
> stays up for a few more days and shows no sign of getting low, but then I
> go to get on it and it is completely flat. I air it up and it does the same
> thing again after a few days. I'm nearly 60 years old and have never seen
> this happen. Could it be the patch holding at "high pressure" but when it
> leaks off slowly and gets down to a certain pressure it then goes flat?
>
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low pressure leak?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:15 pm
by Eddie
I just posted a Lesson Learned post that is similar to this one, well, at least it involves a mystery air leak. In my case it is a new tire and tube (no patches)
Eddie