Flat tire repair kit

Re: Plugging.

I recall going to Wal*mart and inquiring on the cost of a new tire (on Sunday there are not many tire stores in the South)... The clerk started telling me how they use a proper "boot" type patch not plugs because Plugs damage the tire. (As it happens I know that) we went about five rounds before I showed him a part of the tire and he said "You need a new tire"... (Uh, is that now what I ask for walking in the door?) Aftr that businss got taken care of.

Did it again 2 days ago (Again Sunday) but this time there was no question.

I would trust a plug only long enough to get a new tire

And on Motor homes .. Not even then

As for the green stuff.. Never had much luck with it.

That goo will ruin your wheel, over time.

I once loaned a small utility trailer to my brother. He didn't tell me that while he had it, he ran over a nail and got a flat. He put the goo in the tire and aired it up. It held for 10 years. After 10 years, it went flat, and would NOT air up. I took the wheel to a local tire shop. They showed me where the wheel was rusted out because the goo had been left in there. He said if I ever use the goo, to get the tire professionally repaired as soon as possible, and have the goo washed out.

This is the same brother who borrowed my chain saw, and ruined it. I loaned the saw to my Father. My Father loaned it to my brother. I got the story when Dad returned my chain saw, and it was new, in the box.

Whatever you do, don't plug a radial tire.
It may run a mile, or it may run 1,000 miles, but sooner or
later the "working" of the steel belts will cause the plug
to start leaking air around it.
Also, don't shoot any "fix-a-flat" material into any tire you
want repaired later. The repairman hates the stuff since he/she
has a very hard time cleaning the area before it can be properly
repaired.
If it were me I would figure out a way to carry a spare tire.

"In the tire industry 40 years; seen it all and done most of it"

Yes, doesnt work well with blow outs.

beemerphile1 wrote:
Pick up tire plug strips and plugging tools. Throw the goo in the trash.

I have plugged many tubeless tires on the road.

This right here. The plugs are sold mostly for ATV type tire repair but do work on other tires. I wouldn't use the plugs as a long term fix but they will get you to town and don't make a mess in the tire. I have had rigs come out of the woods where the operator put a 3" cut in the side wall of the tire and filled the cut up with tire plugs so it would hold air long enough to get to town.

Pick up tire plug strips and plugging tools. Throw the goo in the trash.

I have plugged many tubeless tires on the road.

Putting the green gooey in will invalidate the warranty on the tire, if it's still valid, even if the problem occurred before its application. Check the wording of the warranty if it's still applicable.

Usually the green gooey stuff will only fix a tire with a small enough hole that you could probably still air up the tire with the compressor and still get to a garage to fix it without actually needing to use the green gooey stuff. The bigger problems that seem to get mentioned are blow outs or tire disintegration and no amount of gooey stuff is going to fix that. The gooey stuff is supposed to only be a temporary fix, although I guess you might get a few more miles to the garage you want if you did use it.
As the above poster said though, if you have a tire pressure monitoring devices installed or built in the stuff will ruin them.
Most manufacturers of large RV's omit the spare tire cause they don't want an owner trying to jack up anything that huge to replace a tire, hence the popularity of roadside assistance with tire plans.

Those kits are worthless, might as well throw it out. Once you realize your tire is going flat (unless you have TPMS), your tire is pretty much toast by the time you pull over.

Does that vehicle have TPMS? If so, it will be an expensive replacement if you put goo in the tire.