Does Fix-a-Flat Really Work? (How Fix a Flat Tire)
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Fix-a-Flat tire repair test. How to use Fix a flat, DIY with Scotty Kilmer. How to repair a flat tire. It's good to know if this item works or not, in case of an emergency. DIY Car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 50 years.
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Scotty would make a great wrestling commentator.
godzillasballs He has such a strong opinion that you can see the spit flying around
Thought this said "wedding." But actually, that would be awesome too. 🤣
Lol yep
Or could sell Oxiclean.
I would choose to show these videos to aliens first.
I went to Walmart hoping to be hired as a mechanic. When they asked me do I have e any experience. I told them "Yes, and I got all my experience and knowledge about cars from Scotty's Channel on TH-cam. Walmart hired me on the spot. Thanks Scotty!!!!
Right to the point, informative, multiple shots, and engaging delivery. Everything you want to see in a TH-cam video.
I was on the fence at first. But now I'm really excited about buying some fix a flat! This guy's energy is contagious.
The only thing about using that stuff is that most tire shops are about making money. They will more than likely lie to you and say that your tire can't be repaired because it has fixaflat in it. And then they will try to sale you a new tire. The tires can be repaired. They just have to clean the fixaflat out first. But the guys at tire shops think that most people will believe anything they tell them.
I prefer the old flammable formula in which you hit a bump the tires burst into flames.
Hell yea
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Would look like you're doing a badass burnout lol!
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Sometimes modern problems require ancient solutions
i vouch for this stuff!
i ran over a screw and had to air up every few days. Fix a flat came along and havent aired up for over 3months so far. VERY well worth it.
It's been 4 years now. How's that tire doing? lol
@@UNothing Its the only tire still holding air lol .
New wider tires are on my list of needs.
@@UnTamedMustang Are you shitting me lol
Did you pull out the screw after you used the Fix A Flat? I've got exactly the same problem right now and unsure what to do about the screw.
I'm a mom that tried it an hour ago, but it was slow coming out of the can and it wouldn't even go in the tire or inflate it. Only a little went in. So I inflated the tire at the gas station (air has been staying for about 24 hours). I might try to put more fix a flat again now that the tire is inflated.
1) Full-size spare, inflated, always in trunk.
2) $30 air pump from Harbor Freight, also in trunk.
3) Tire plugging kit, in trunk.
4) Both belts (not timing, though), conditioned, in trunk.
5) 1.5 ton HF jack for $59, in trunk.
6) $8 HF breaker bar, slides in to handles of jack.
This, and a small amount of tools, will get you back on the road in 20min or less. Total weight is under 100lbs, including the spare tire and jack.
It works, same happened to me, I had a slow leak and tires were still good and it’s been a year of no leaks. AC stopped blowing cold air, took it to the deal and said I needed a whole new unit will cost around $800. I went to Walmart and bought the AC recharge for $35 dollars and it’s been 4 years since and still blowing cold air. TH-cam is the automotive nightmare and now they’re charging 80 dollars for oil changes.
It definitely works, but it leaves a big mess inside the tire for the next person to replace the tire.
One tip when you go to get new tires let them know it's in there so they can keep the mess to a minimum.
Scotty you the bomb
He really is.
I have to agree with Scotty on this one! The UK equivalent is "Tyre Weld" and I've used it on three tyres over the past 5 years and all with 100% success rates, and not once did I have to top up any of the treated tyres. One of the tyres in question remained in daily use on my Focus for 2 years and covered over 15,000 miles until I replaced it due to going bald. Over those two years I never once had to top up that tyre.
I bought 4 new great tires, When I got home a roofing nail got into the tire, it was just 2 hours old. I had the tire shop pull it out and fix it but there was a very slow leak still. Used one of those and a year later no problems.
This stuff should only be used in an emergency/last resort/"junk tire that is soon to be replaced anyway" type situation! I used to work in a tire shop, and this stuff will instantly void the warranty on your tires, and we could not repair tires that had this stuff in them! Not to mention...it makes a huge mess, and is a major PITA to deal with as the tech
Never had much luck with Fix-A-Flat (back in the '80s and '90s), but Slime has kept my tires going even with 2 or 3 nails in them. Only problem was that a lot of it will throw a tire off balance until it is removed. Once, I even got it to seal a sidewall after a few tries. Someday, I'll try sucking some of it out with a vacuum pump once the tire is sealed.
PS: Recently I tried the Slime version of the Fix-A-Flat--style inflator and the tire has not leaked since. So, maybe the current version of Fix-A-Flat is also better than the stuff from the 1990s.
As a les schwab tire employee: Don't use it if you can avoid it! the chemicals are pretty toxic and can be bad for us tire guys! also, if your wheel has a chrome finish, the fix a flat can cause a lot of corrosion on your wheel. it can lead to leaks occurring down the road between the rim and bead of the tire. this can be a headache for both us (tire guys) and you because you have to keep coming back to the shop to get the inner edge of the rim polished and sealed again. just please use in emergency situations only!
Hello tire guy. Tell me why alot of tire shops lie and say that tires can't be repaired if they have fixaflat in them? I have had tires in the past repaired that had fixaflat in them. Now car shops try to avoid fixing them and try to get you to buy tires.
@@the7figuremaker because they have to clean out the sealant and it affects their bottom line on time.
Wouldn't this affect the balance of the tire? Especially at higher speeds.
I used some of this stuff about 6 months ago.... Worked like a charm. Still driving on the same tire
vagicidalmaniac uhhhh......
Aye....good to know.
Only for use while you get your car to the tire shop.
Jo didn’t you hear Scotty say the tire been keeping air for 5 years BECAUSE OF FIX-A-Flat? The new tires needed air occasionally but never the one with a few cans of fix a flat. I put two cans in a tire that was 215/55/16 and it lasted over a year before it started leaking again. I tried another can of course but this time it was a sidewall hoe so the tire was done.
About 5 years ago I was up in Crystal Lake, CO and on my ride down the mountain, I heard a loud hissing. Had a hole in the rear drivers tire tread so big I could put my finger into it. Put in a big can of fix-a-flat and ran it hard to get the tire hot. Made it into town easily. I keep 2 cans in the Jeep now. Didn't see anyone else all day on the trail so I was happy/lucky.
Someone told me when using this stuff to drive the vehicle right away on highway to get the fixflat formula to spread evenly inside the tire. if u use it and not drive right away, the stuff will build up at the bottom of the tire and harden. then when u do go drive the vehicle, u may feel your tire thump like its off balanced. has anyone else heard this?
It does not harden, if it did it wouldn't make a slimy mess.
Do. I. Tell. Me hanic. Before. Removing. Tire. To. Change. Later. On. That. I. Once. Used. Fix. A. Flat. I. Just. Feel. It. Could. Be. Day groups. For. Them
This video oddly enough answered all of my questions.. thanx guy
Fix-a-Flat has saved my ass several times. I keep a can in each of my cars at all times. Good video, Scotty!
I fixed two leaks in two days with one can of Fix-a-Flat. Both were small. One was due to staple. The other one was due to small screw the spare picked up after I put it on. I used about a quarter can on the spare just to inflate it a little extra and lubricate the bead before I went to the tire store to inflate it. I used the rest of the can later on the other tire,
The next day, after driving home 200 miles I saw the screw in the spare, I yanked it out and saw that there was not a puncture all the way through the tire body. But there was a tiny leak. I decided to drive on it and the residue of the Fix-a-Flat sealed the leak.
Both tires were deemed unrepairable by the tire shop because the punctures were on the outside tread.
I'd prefer never to use the stuff, and as others mentioned, mechanics and tire shops hate it. That said, it was my savior last December... I was driving my Tundra from Oregon back home to Alaska, towing a new 12x6 cargo trailer. The whole trip was great, but I ended up puncturing a tire in BC after Muncho lake... 5 degrees farenheit, middle of nowhere, totally alone and a couple hundred miles from anywhere. I had my tools/etc with me, but nothing but fix-a-flat for tire repair. Had to use it... never had before. I caught it just in time when the tire was down below 15psi, and thankfully it worked. I was able to make it the rest of the way to Watson Lake late that night, and the rad older guy at the shop helped me (as in we did it together in true tiny-town Canadian fashion) fix the hole professionally. He showed me what this stuff does to the inside of your tire, and I easily saw why it sucks ass to properly patch it after you've used it. All worked out though!
Spenser well it's pretty obvious that you were saved by it so who the fuck cares what it does to the tire
+Michael King Yeesh. Yes, you're right.. that was part of the point. It's not ideal, but it'll save you if you need it. I wasn't saying I cared what it did to the tire, just noting it.
I came for the tire information. I stayed for the raw energy!
The stuff is great for lawnmower, wheelbarrow, and ATV tires. Just fill them up with the stuff even if they're not losing air yet. You're welcome.
what about Bicycle tires?
You can buy bicycle tubes with Slime pre-filled from Wal-Mart or Amazon
My understanding is that on the old metal rims the fix a flat can rust/rot the rim out in the long term. I don't know about the alloy rims.
Is a tire Tech I can tell you you don't want to use this stuff except in a last resort. Fix-A-Flat violates warranties on your tires. And if the tire was repairable if you use Fix-A-Flat it will no longer be repairable. Also everybody hates having to clean this s*** up after you change the tire.
rgtrooper13 you can buy a warranty on a tire so if there is a nail in the side wall or somewhere you can’t fix it, you get a tire for free. Kinda rude to put someone down who works in a tire store bc it’s a hard job.
Yup. I always get warranty on new tires. I get a free tire when the shop can't repair it. Saved hundreds.
mario torres I’m surprised how few people buy the warranty. Seems like more people don’t have it
@Kandela Brown You really should use bead sealant on rims like that and tire shops will do that for free during installation. I guess fix-a-flat will work in a pinch but it's not going to do good things for your wheel balance.
@@mariozombie2843 TireRack saves more hundreds and you can get high quality tires that your local shops probably don't stock. I won't say you can't save some cash with a warranty but the few times I've gotten them it never paid off.
I used it on my old lady, she swelled up and floated away.havnt see her in three months.
Wears off eventually. She will be back.
It does work and pretty well. Make sure you understand that it's only temporary and get the tire fixed ASAP. Also it doesn't hurt to warn the tire shop that you used this stuff as it makes a hell of a mess when the tire is taken off. If it ruins your TPMS sensor, so be it, at least the common ones are now a lot cheaper than dealer stock. Understand this and decide whether it's better to use the spare your car came with. BTW, check the pressure and condition of your spare every so often, just because!
Absolutely! Fix-a-flat is ONLY temporary. I'm a tire tech so I avoid the stuff like the plague because I've seen some nightmare kind of tires come in. Fix-a-flat only works a percentage of the time. Often times people will c9me in with a completely flat tire because their Fix-a-flat failed and they need a new tire because most reputable shops won't repair it.
Fix a flat will cause steel wheels to rust, if you do use it I would always recommend getting it out of your tire when possible
the modern version does not cause any rust. From what I figure, it has some kind of anti freeze in it cause it doesn't freeze in the winter either.
It's for emergency use ONLY!
Considering major chains refuse to patch a tire that had this stuff in it, it should only be used when you're going to junk the tire anyway and have no other way to get home.
hahahahah
So is your spare.
@@Lengsel7 Unless ur spare has went flat also. Fix a flat is useless if you have a real flat. On the label it literally says DO NOT use if your tire rim is on the ground lol if your tire is low on air then u can put air in it. If all the air is out, the rim will be on the ground, making fix a flat useless 😂.
The last few times I used it the product didn't work for me. It just dripped out if the hole. It was like it couldn't seal fast enough. I wish I could find this green product I used once. I thought it was green slime but it wasn't, but it plugged my hole fast
I've used this stuff on my tire when I was about to leave for work. I couldn't be late so I removed the nail with a small vice grip and pumped it up full of Fix-A-Flat. It's been in that tire for about 6 months now and I did have an incident where the pressure wouldn't hold more than 15 for a day. After refilling it with air twice it still holds 30psi no problem. It's even fine on the highway. I need to replace the tire with my new rims and tires but I have a screwed up lug and can't get the wheel off without some fire or an angle grinder. This stuff is great in a pinch. Don't use it if you want to get the tire patched in the future tho, I've heard that they can't get that stuff out of the tire enough for the patch to adhere properly.
This last weekend my dad used some on a side line tire on our 28 foot disc when my grandpa and I got going the tire fell off the rim and I had to run the tractor all day! And I was afraid the thing would fall off and get shredded, resulting in the left frame of the disc to sink into the ground deeper. But that WASN’T the fix a flat. That tire was dry rotted and worn down for a year so it was bound to happen. Also love your videos Scotty! You are real help
I used the Fix a Flat on my first car after college, it was the Toyota Tercel! It worked perfectly! It was a cheap beater car hehe
Wish I could find another Tercel, great little car.
bloatedman It was a small, economical and practical car for a new college graduate 😀
In the Florida heat, stored in the trunk, my can of Fix a Flat blew the bottom
seal off and completely through a large heavy carpeted pressboard panel
that goes over the spare in back. Yikes !! Would not like that to hit me !!!
Douche pops a hole in my tire. Pinprick, but still a hole. Use fix-a-flat. Haven't replaced it yet.
Uncle puts fix-a-flat when his tires start to drain. Swears by it.
Carry 1-2 cans with you at all times.
The previous owner of my car had put some of that fix a flat stuff and when I went to get new tires, the wheel that had it was severely rusted from the inside, caused by the product. I do not recommend it for steel wheels.
The new 2020 Honda CRV hyrbrid doesn't have a spare and it also doesn't have run flats. They give you a product like this though. I wonder if it is any better?
Man, you’re the best. I pretty much only watch your channel unless it’s a topic you haven’t covered(which isn’t often). Thanks for your excellent help, buddy!
I think I used Slime Pump, not an inflator BUT I didn't put it in my car tires either. I put it in my lawn tractor and trailer. I have a couple of Osage Orange trees (hegeapple, what have your) and when these drop an old branch you get to find out if it's one that's covered in half to inch long thorns or not, the old fashioned way. After cleaning up from a windstorm I had to plug my mower tires, all of them. I only had 17 or so plugs and I had to go get more. Pluggin had been fine for 3 years, every once in a while. Looking at plugs and wondering how many I should get I saw the slime, so I put it in my tires instead. 10 months ago. They still have the same pressure in the tires. I can see throwing a can of Fix a Flat in the emergency kit.
I bought a Smart Fortwo a couple years ago. I also ordered a spare tire/rim. fits nicely behind the driver's seat. this stuff might be alright in a pinch, but if you have a blow out, it won't do much.
There's a used car salesman in my town named Scott and he always makes radio ads. He has almost the same exact voice as Scotty and is loud lol.
That stuff got me out of a jam a couple of years ago. I took my truck out to run some errands one day before work. I stopped in for some lunch and my tire went flat while I did so. When it was time to go, my truck wouldn’t move. Good thing the nearest auto shop was only two doors down from where I was parked. I picked up a can of fix a flat and put it in. Lucky for me, I had enough tire pressure to get home on time so I could get ready to go to work.
The size of american trucks youd think they could fit a spare in them lol even the subaru brumby had a spare tyre
My car came with a device that had this built in compressor thing with “air” and “repair tire” settings. And I guess when I used the repair tire setting, this brown fluid came out. I’m assuming it’s what’s in the fix a flat can.
Be weary of that "TIRE SENSOR SAFE" thing. From my understand it really means "safe for a limited time". Once the stuff sits in your tire for a while it will eventually damage the sensor, you are supposed to use that stuff as a temporary repair to get you down the road and then have the tire patched.
Maybe I'm wrong and things have changed since I looked into it?
Are there sensors on 2002 car tires?
Scotty I have already filled up my trunk with alot of tools already. It doesn't fit.
Thanks for this video. My right rear tire keeps going soft, probably from having sat during quarantine. If I can buy some time before having to get 2 new tires, that would be great. I do have a full-service spare, but if I don't have to mess with it during freezing weather I'd rather not.
I Love "Fix-A-Flat". I used it to fix a slow leak on one of the tires on the 4Runner'96 back in 2014.
I've heard that the fix-a-flat stuff is messy, and the people who go to change the old tire for a new one hate the stuff. Also heard that if the wheel doesn't get cleaned properly after using it, it can cause some sort of damage to the new tire. Any truth to any of that?
I have a very slow leaking tire. about 2-3 psi a week to every two weeks. I think it’s a bad seal on the bead so I fill it with fix a flat and it worked like magic.
In my country, tire shops use this to rescue tires that had a lot of punctures; they use plug kits to fix punctures all the time ( you can ask them to patch it from inside but it's more expensive and time consuming and not all shops offer that)
i love this guy! spit flying and all!
99% of the time you don't need this anyway for typical nail/screw damage. Just have a 12v portable air pump in your car at all times. Any model will do. Pump up your tire to a little over inflation value and that will safely take you to the nearest tire shop to get a proper patch installed. Don't even try touching the nail/screw that's lodged in there, leave it in.
Or just buy a plug kit and fix your tire yourself.
Majeed Askari don't use the plug kits take it somewhere to get it patched. If you mess up (which can happen) you risk expanding the puncture to the point it cannot be repaired and having to get a new tire (or 4 new tires if it's AWD) ask my father about that.
I keep a large hand operated bicycle tire pump in my trunk, along with a dial-type pressure gauge. Works much better than those small 12 volt pumps, and faster too. And I use those rubber-rope like tire plugs on the flat that I get. Never had a problem fixing tires with those types of plugs.
I took my tire for a patch and the incompetent pep boy mechanic couldn’t find the hole and I was like “what do you meeeaan” and said that maybe it was the pressure of the car that was leaking air
This stuff is meant for short terms emergencies. If you catch a nail, the tire needs to have the nail removed, patched, and re balanced. But fix a flat does work well for roadside or even off-road quick fixes. I’ve even seen that stuff set the bead on a buggy tire that popped off!
Scotty, is there anything to the claim that some of those caned flat fixers can cause tires to dissolve from the inside over a period of time?
I've never used fix a flat but have used tire slime. Used it once in an old truck tire and it just doesn't work. As someone else said on here, when I took it to a tire shop to get it fixed properly, they charged extra to scrape all that crap out. Have used it in atv tires too, again just doesn't work. The only tire it actually worked in and the only type I would use it in again would be a lawnmower tire.
I heard they rust steel rims badly. Can anybody confirm. I had a car with 2 alloys that had it in the tires and they had put so much in that the wheels were way heavier when you picked them up. What a mess to clean up also before puting the new tires on.
Try and make shire the puncture is at the bottom when filling. And drive as soon as possible to distribute sealant across whole tire. Also top off to correct air pressure asap.
I used it once, made a mess inside and tire shop charged me additional for the cleanup. Now I just carry a tire compressor that connects to cigarette lighter, inflate tire and quickly take it to a tire shop.
Stuff never works for me, always ends up spilling out everywhere but inside my tire...
Or just carry an inflated spare and take the punctured tire to a repair shop who can sort it out in minutes. But hey what do I know. :)
Rýán Túçk Why would you have to inflate a spare? There should be no space before your comma. You used "both" before describing three actions. The structure of your entire sentence is a mess.
I agree totally and The structure of your life must be a mess if you take the time to correct grammar on TH-cam. It's a comment section not a novel nerd.
Not all cars have spares.
Wow! Look at all the grammar Nazis! You missed the actual message because you were too busy nitpicking.
If a car doesn't have a spare tyre I'm not buying it.
Thanks dad ♥️
A bit off topic:
Can I use diesel oil in gasoline engine?
Car mechanic asked me which "C" ratio (c1,c2,c3..) oil to put, the manual didn't say anything about it (only 5w-30) so he put C3 5w-30. When I came home and made some research, I found out that "C" ratio is for diesel engines...
So should I change the oil again? Or can I use that oil in gasoline engine?
Sorry, I didn't find any video about that.
Didn't really work for me the one time I tried it, but maybe I was doing something wrong. Interesting, good info.
Most manufacturers are including these fix a flat cans and air compressors instead of spare tires, but they don't help if you get a puncture bigger than a pencil eraser. If your car doesn't come with a spare tire, you can build your own system! You buy a lug wrench, a jack (Maybe a sturdy platform to sit the jack on), and then you can get a wheel, the same size as the original wheels, like a simple steel wheel or a wheel that actually matches the original wheels on your car.
I work for a tire shop and we all hate fix a flat. It smells horrible, it makes a mess, and if you have a warranty it will void it.
David Alexis Viera I hate parts of my job. But i still have to do it.
Same here David, at the very least let the person that's changing the tire know it's in there so they don't get a supprise.
Its not that,its when you start taking the tire off the rim when the mess happens.
It's even worse if it's corroded the wheel from being in there too long, seen it plenty of times working at a tire shop for 4 months, and I can't tell you how many times we've had to buff the wheel due to fix-a-flat. Who ever created the stuff made a fortune off of people and continues to still do so.
Arvilios same here but I’m starting to see it less and less. Fix a flat sucks bc you have to wash out the tire, get all the water out, dry the inside the tire, wipe off the wheel, then do the flat itself. Our store does flats for free and people obviously abuse it.
Tire guys HATE this stuff. It works...for a quick fix. But so does changing to a spare or donut & going to the shop.
We only use this as a last resort for our vehicles.
We were camping once and a can was run over and EXPLODED all over our jeep. We still have spots of that crap. It takes oven cleaner to remove it.
And it can build up in one side of tire and cause balance issues.
Emergencies only.
Tires are probably one of the most important purchases for your vehicle. They are what guide your vehicle in motion and maintain traction on the road as you drive. Good tires are always important to have. I personally use Michelins on all of my vehicles
Michael Sackstein any new quality tyres are important to have, even if tyres get a puncture we replace ours. Audi have us 2 Bridgestone ones for £200 which is a brilliant price. No point in skimping out on the very thing that’s keeping your car driving.
I use nittos on my Scion and my cooper s. They got a good amount of grip
Michael Sackstein
I always get the $5 old used bologna skins. they do fine
I once bought a trailer that had been sitting for 15 years. The seller had filled the tires with fix a flat and I was able to tow the trailer all the way home (about 40 miles)
Generally don't like to keep arasol cans in the car, wd, fix a flat, ect. Gets too hot in the summer. They might explode.
Definitely good to have a can with you in your trunk. much quicker than changing a spare tire. Save the spare for when you really need it. Thanks Scotty.
Hey Scotty does fix a flat damage aluminum rims over time?
thank you Scotty, didn't watch your video before buying a chinese tire. it's been leaking slowly. so now, trying to use the rest of its life with this fix-a-flat. thanks again
Love you Scotty. I had and 85 GT sports coupe, loaded even with luggage rack. The last year they made the square backs. Loved that car. It was sharp. Once I did 110 the fastest I ever drove in that or any car. Yes im a girl!
I used fix a flat on my tire and it didn't work the stuff came out on the side of the rim and didn't inflate the tire a little.
why is he screaming at me
A lot of tire shops in my area hate when people use this stuff. It makes a huge mess all over their equipment.
Great tip because my car has no jack, wheel wrench etc due to run flat tires. I am replacing with regular tires. When using fix a flat, at what point do I remove an embedded nail?
Use anything other than Fix-A-Flat.
Doesn't Fix a-Flat suppose to be a last ditch effort?
Rotten your tire from inside? True or false?
Great Vid Scotty. Yeah for emergency's theyre great, but if you've got a spare tire just use that! And yes all the tire guys hate that stuff, because it causes a lot more work for them for patching
Does it throw it out of balance? I got an inside (new patch) leak and I don't want to break it down again. Can I use This to finish of the job or do I need to get this stuff cleaned out soon?
Hey Scotty!!!
when will U sell ur Celica??
He never will, he already mentioned how he’s trying to make it last as long as possible
naw he said he was selling it 2 videos ago
Sleepy Deathnote No he didnt. 2 vids ago it was why not to over fill a gas tank and he didnt mention his celica
The first one i used was the one that came with my car and it was useless it was like milk and didn't do anything other than leave a pretty trail on the road, but the second one i used which was in a pressurised can worked a treat.
Fix a flat saved my ass one night. I had hit a curb and got a flat. The wheel was so rusted it would not come off. I tried everything for hours and even help from friends and strangers stopped to help. Walgreens was on the corner. Fix a flat fixed it in seconds. (I later learned a good way to unstick a rusted tire is to loosen the bolts, and drive the car very short distances, a ft pr 2, front and back and slam on the breaks each time)
What exactly makes it TPMS sensor safe? I thought the whole point in keeping the sensors alive and unclogged is to put nothing but air in it?
Might work well for old cars or aftermarket wheels that don't have TPMS sensors in it, but I still wouldn't trust putting that stuff in the wheel. Pretty sure TPMS sensors aren't waterproof. Also, I've heard about fix-a-flat rusting rims from inside out and damaging the tires.
Scotty your the man honest and to the point. And you tell which products are best and reasonably price.thanks
+midninte ranger thanks for the support👍
The last time I bought new tires, I was told that using fix-a-flat would void the warranty. Instead, I was supposed to bring the tire in and have them repair it. In case you're wondering, tire repairs were free on tires they sold.
I used one of these on my flat tire, they worked great sealing the nail puncture.. And the tire rarely loose pressure for a couple of years, but when they did, i can not fill it with air, because the valve is covered with those stuff.. And i need to replace the whole valve.
It definitely works but Slime is clearly the best and they have a gallon jug that you can pump into your tires pretty much making them self repairing
I haven't had a tire lose air yet to see what kind of mess it makes but I always warn techs when using any kind of sealer
The ONLY time I would recommend using fixaflat is if you PLAN ON REPLACING THE TIRE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! This is coming from a technician here. You have no idea how much this stuff ruins the inside of your tire. The stuff its made out of is extremely similar to silicon. Which is the same exact stuff that covers the inner lining on your tire. Whenever a tire is patched, we gotta scrap or buff off the lining of silicon BECAUSEEEEE the glue/ cement used to bond with the patch WONT STICK TO SILICON!!!! SO basically using this stuff almost guarantees us NOT being able to repair the tire properly.
Very temporary. I do tire repairs and fix a flat ruins sensors. And it throws the tire off balance. And it stinks when you remove a tire.
i use it also in my riding mower tires, good stuff !
Fix A Flat has saved me several times in the last 15 years.
Quick,simple,Damn good info. Love this Channel. Always have, Always will.Thank you Scotty.!
Doesn’t it rot out the rim?
We're using sealants in tubeless bike tires now, seems to work pretty well but for my car, I tend to avoid them and just have good tires on all the time. Our newer cars have spares but I know some newer cars like my sons Volt does't have room for a spare. Yikes! That would make me nervous on a long trip.
Scotty, when you say flat tyre does this include flats caused by punctures? I am considering the Fix A Flat ultimate kit. Have you used this?