Water in tire? YES, I said "IN" the tire.

How do you empty the tanks? Just expel all the pressure through the hose? Pull the pop-off valve? Or open the "low point drain" on the bottom of the tank.
While the drain valve does not need to be opened with each use, (it certainly wouldn't hurt), it must be part of regular maintenance routine. Rusted out tank is probably the leading cause of compressor failure.

Water-Bug wrote:
A bigger concern is if it rusted the rim. Rust can destroy the bead mounting area of a tubeless tire and produce shards to pierce a tube of a tube type tire.

Yeah, this really concerns me. It looked like the flat tire had some type of fix-a-flat in it. I had to scrap it all out. The inflated tire with the water definately had rusty water.

I scrapped them both pretty good yesterday, will hit them with a wire-wheel again prior to mounting the new tires..

By the way, my compreesor is a Cambell Hausfield dual tank portable contractors model. I always empty both tanks when not using it.

Probably moisture in compressor.

In the 21st century they use calcium cloride in tractor tires. It doesn't freeze. If you get a flat quickly jack up wheel so you don't lose the calcium cloride. Tire guy pumps it out, repaires the tire and pumps it back in. Saves $$$$$

gbopp wrote:

cbshoestring wrote:
Can't see needing traction on front tires.

Will definately be checking my compressor.

I've heard of windshield washer antifreeze in tires for traction but, not water.
Maybe if it doesn't freeze water would be okay?

Check the bottom of your compressor tank for a valve.

We ran just plain water in our tractor tires years and years ago, no antifreeze. But we didn't ever drive one after a hard freeze.

cbshoestring wrote:
Can't see needing traction on front tires.

Will definately be checking my compressor.

I've heard of windshield washer antifreeze in tires for traction but, not water.
Maybe if it doesn't freeze water would be okay?

Check the bottom of your compressor tank for a valve.

When I was 15 years old (I am now 60) I worked for my uncle at his Marathon Gas station. This was back in the day when someone else pumped your gas, checked your oil, and aired up your tires while you got your fill up! (what happened to those days!)

Anyway, because he was a mechanic as well, and had 2 bays and one lift, he did all kinds of auto repairs also. Changing out tires on the rims was a daily occurrence, and he taught me how to change tires, balance them, and then re-install back on the vehicle.

One thing that was VERY common when changing tires was the amount of water inside the "tubeless tires". Tires that still had inner tubes, the inner tubes were just tossed away and replaced with a new one. So I had no clue what was inside the tube. But "tubless tires" were notorious for having quite a bit of water in them. My uncle explained, the moisture came from the air compressor. After repeated tire checks and little spurts of air with the compressor over a period of time, and the water vapor, molecules condense together and, yes, create a puddle!

Try Slime

A bigger concern is if it rusted the rim. Rust can destroy the bead mounting area of a tubeless tire and produce shards to pierce a tube of a tube type tire.

Can't see needing traction on front tires.

Will definately be checking my compressor.

Could have been aired up with a compressor that had water (condensation) in air tank, didn't have a air dryer OR previous owner added water to tire for traction


We added water for weight/traction to our old tractor tires......common on farms/ranches