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Slow Leak

paul330

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I am still building, but one of my main tires has suddenly started going flat. Was fine and seems fine for days then suddenly goes flat overnight. Confused!

Any ideas?
 
I have no explanation for this, but while building my Van's standard right tire/tube would go flat every 10 days or so. I kept putting it off fixing it as I built. Finally the day to fly came up, and I aired it up and went flying. Since the first flight, it has not lost any air to speak of and does not need to be aired up any more often than the left tire, which never went down. Go figure.

-John

I am still building, but one of my main tires has suddenly started going flat. Was fine and seems fine for days then suddenly goes flat overnight. Confused!

Any ideas?
 
I had a problem with one of my main tires not holding air from the beginning. I tightened the valve core and that didn't help. I replaced the valve stem core and problem solved.
 
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OK, thanks goys. Sounds like I can try fiddling with the valve stem.

How does one get spares? Are they standard sizes?
 
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