Fix A Flat How Long has It Lasted You??

Mine is the passenger rear actually, that makes sense though. How much did you ream the hole before putting patch on like 10 or 20 thrusts or less than that i think i only did about 5 or so not sure if that is enough or not maybe not since my patch leaked.
Do you normally use the mushroom inside patch that someone else above suggested or i have also heard there are ones shaped like actual screws can be used as a patch.

 

lol OP is still going...

 

I have always used the gooey string type plugs and never had an issue; I put a link to the kit I have. I've never counted, but I'd say 20 thrusts with the reaming tool should do the trick. I've also never used any sort of cement with this type of plug. I could be wrong, but I don't think they're designed to be used in conjunction with any type of cement or glue. It seems to me that using something like that would lubricate the plug and allow it to slip out before it sets.

Again though, now that you've put that fix-a-flat in there, you should replace the tire.

 

Rubber cement and then light it on fire. Seriously, it works. The rubber cement is slippery at first so you can put the plug in easily, and then when it cooks down it hardens. You only let it flame for fifteen or twenty seconds

 

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I slimed my bicycle tires when I was a kid. After one too many episodes of walking home with an oozing green bike, I stay away from any magic liquid sealant. Also, that crap really should not be in there for long. This is why.

 

So Fix a flat is TPMS sensor safe temporarily but not for like say years ?? You have link for that paragraph?

 

That stuff is okay on tubes imo. Saved me a time or two running over thorns. Always unsettling when the tire is oozing green out of a dozen little holes…

 

That one came from an aftermarket TPMS website, who has no stake in Fix-a-flat or selling you tires.

https://www.redi-sensor.com/emergency-flat-tire-repair-products-and-tpms/

The reality is that it is highly labor intensive to clean, and yes it does need to be cleaned. It can't live in there for years. It does interact with the compounds in the tire.

Crap dude, just take it to the shop. Or sit here and don't. I'm not the tire police.

 

I wouldn't use fix-a-flat on a passenger vehicle. Tractor, lawn equipment, maybe an ATV, but not anything I drive on the road. I've only had to mount my spare once since the 1970's when I started carrying plugs, tools and an air compressor. Most of the time just airing up the tire will work long enough to get it to a tire store to be repaired properly.

Sometimes I plug them but consider that a temporary repair. I usually take it to get it repaired correctly. The only time I've left just the plug in there was when the tires were on their last legs and were going to be replaced soon anyway.

 

Some people literally cannot be helped.

 

I visited the site you gave it appears it is saying that Fix a flat gak does not harm the tire but could i guess cog up the TPMS sensor if it is not cleaned out of there eventually. Of course none of that matters if you end up getting a new tire installed as thats the perfect time to install a new TPMS anyway but in the case of getting a new plug installed inside out by the shop then concern for your TMPS may be important at least thats what i took from the paragraph.

 

Remember using it on my spare on my XRunner, TPMS kept tripping cause of a leak. 3 years later, took a look…there was many big ass bubbles all over the sidewalls lol!

 

So did you change the tire or what did fix flat slime do to the sidewall ? Was the sidewall structurally compromised?

 

It was compromised. Still held air but I wouldn’t have trust it as a spare after so many years.