Fixing a slow leak in tire help

Interesting, thanks for sharing that !

So when you mentioned "higher pressures I saw suggested here" how high were those suggested pressures ?

So if the label on the door of my car says 35psi for rear tires and 36psi for front tires maybe do about 38psi rear and 39psi front ?

(I definitely want to void squeaks and rattles and not over-inflate too much !)

 

Okay, thanks, somehow I don't remember having as much issues with maintaining tire pressure in past cars I've had.

Maybe check tire pressure once a month ?

So would about 3lbs over what the door label says be okay without causing too rough of a ride ?

I'm retired and some days my car might sit till afternoon before it gets driven, if I check the air pressure in the afternoon (car sitting undriven up to that point) about what pressure should I expect to see if the cold pressure on the label says 35psi ?

If I add air in the afternoon and want to have it about 3lbs over the label's cold pressure of 35psi, I'm guessing it would be more than 38 as 38 would be if I added air in the morning.

 

At least for now I am trying about 3 psi over, definitely want to avoid ever being under-inflated though after my recent experience

 

Good you brought that up, we can't assume auto shops are going to inflate our Prime tires to what we know they should be, I am going to post a post shortly with pics about how I resolved things from my recent experience which included getting 2 new tires, good thing I checked the pressure of my tires the next day before driving as they had only inflated the tires they installed to about 32-33 psi

 

The door label on my 2020 Prime says 35 rear and 36 front (cold) so I am trying 3 psi over those for now and see how that works.

After my recent experience I might check my tire pressures at least once a week for right now (especially since we are getting into cooler and cooler weather now) then maybe would going to checking tire pressures about once a month should be okay ?

 

We decided to replace the tire that was driven on very under-inflated because the way it looked I was leery about trusting it at expressway speeds. My wife suggested we get 2 new tires installed which I agreed since we could use the good tire from the other side to use for a spare.

I also kept the tire that was under-inflated as I wanted to see what caused the leak as well as how that worn area felt, and that worn area felt noticeably thinner so I am glad we decided to replace it, just not worth taking a chance to keep using it.

I am going to post some pics, one will show the screw from the outside that caused the slow leak as well as once showing where it came thru on the inside. Another pic will show how the tire got worn from driving on it under-inflated (it was worn that way on both sides). I will also show pics that show the tires I got as well as the wheel I got. Also a pic showing where the jack is at under the back seat (and a question about getting it out)

I needed to find a place that could have the tires I needed at least by the next day (I wanted to get a match for what was originally on the car) but also a place that had a discounted price, the lowest price I was able to find in our area was about $116 and I found a place that could fit us in the very next day, I guess I must have seemed hesitant enough to the person on the phone that he offered a coupon that would bring the price of the tires down to about $100 each so that was great, the place is called Mavis Tire and Break, never been there before, only real complaints was we asked for the new tires to be put on the front and they put them on the back (we didn't have time to wait for them to change it) and they only inflated the tires to 32-33 psi, so always check your tire pressures after having your car serviced.

Note: the only tires available that fast was rated 89S instead of the 91S on the original tires, but the store said that should not be any problem since we don't usually haul extra heavy loads.

I guess we'll just wait till the next time our car is due to have the tires rotated and simply have them put the newer ones on the front then (we have our routine maintenance service done at the dealership since they included the plan when we bought the car that made it no cost to have regular maintenance done)

I found a place (Discount Tire Direct) that was on the way there that had the wheel I needed to put the good tire on to have a full size spare, the wheel was only $67 but I got the 10% off discount they offer to veterans. So now we have a full size spare I keep behind the driver's seat.

Question about the jack under the rear seat, how easy is that to get out, does it simply fit thru the space to pull it out thru the top of the seat frame ?

Another question, since we only needed to get 2 new tires now we wanted to match what was originally installed on the car, later on in the future when we would be ready to replace all 4 tires at once should we stay with the same tires or are there other tires that might be better but still around the same price range ?

(note: the pic further down showing the worn area I should have said "an under-inflated tire" instead of tires since it was only one tire)

 

Interesting, not doubting the validity of your advice, the reason I heard in the past for your best tires to be on the front was a blowout on the front would be much more hazardous than one in the back.

What is the specific reason for new ones going on the back ? (I need to have a very logical reason to convince my wife )