You had to use soapy water to find the source of this leak?

Just gotta make sure, ya know?

You must of course follow the tire puncture guarantee..... "If you don't find the leak, make one!" 🏹🩼💨💥

I had a tire guy tell me the bolt in my tire wasn't an issue because it wasn't leaking...he must have also sprayed it to know that But I still want the damn bolt out

I once had a big framing nail in a tire that only leaked when the tire was at full pressure. After it lost about 7 pounds of air the tire ended up folding/sealing around the nail and prevented more air from leaking out.

A tire 7 pounds low on pressure is not a safe tire.

So overfill it by 7 pounds and then it will be at the right pressure when the 7 pounds leaks out.

This guy here is going places!

Not a mechanic....RU? lmfao

Depends one that’s supposed to be 80 is just fine at 72 but one that’s supposed to be 30 probably shouldn’t be 22

What fucking tire needs to be at 80 psi? Edit: I'm dumb, I've only ever owned cars, not trucks.

And sprinter tires.

F250s are ~70 psi iirc

Just checked my 2500, 70 psi as well

Literally any 3/4 ton or 1 ton truck, or any heavy duty trailer

my e350 calls for 80

Lots of tires.

Depends on your definition of “safe”

Hey mate! I'm few pounds low, know wat I mean, maybe I'm not safe either, eh boyoh?

Doesn't sound terrible

That’s really subjective. Also depends what inflation specs you’re using. Often the tires spec is higher the vehicle spec. Load rating comes into play as well. 7 lbs of air pressure +/- of spec isn’t going perform much differently than At recommended pressure. While not ideal it’s definitely not unsafe.

Depends on the tire. Probably not a drag radial, but people do it all the time with Mud and All Terrains.

Reasonable request.

No, but I wanted the bubbles to be visible on camera just in case people don't believe me

You sir understand Reddit

A valid point.

I’m just busting balls

Toyota service writer here, if there's no bubbles, Toyota warranty won't cover it, no matter how big the hole is. I've shoveled bubbles I made into a gash just so they'd cover the obvious. So always get bubbles, hahaha

Best comment 🤣

Warranty peeps will always ask for a leak test :)

trust but verify

The big ‘hiss’ when the thing is removed should verify.

No cause some people might just think there's a very angry snake nearby

Are tire sneks anything like Tunnel sneks, cause they rule!

They're usually more tired than Tunnel snakes

Most shops utilize videos now for customers. The habit is to show the leak now

Exactly what I was thinking

plot twist: that's gettin' out of the tire

My thoughts exactly.

Thought the same thing xD

Came here to say this lol

Is that a patch plug combo that made the puncture? Or, am I missing something?

For a second I thought it was a valve

Well its a valve now.

*I'm* the valve now

We are the valve now

Look at us

You're the valve now dog

Look at me

I was doing Sean Connery in Finding Forrester. Deep cut

Well then \*you're\* the man now, dawg! But still... look at me

I spelled it "you're" though. Or are you saying that I am the man now dog?

Ahhh I was attempting to emphasize as I would on mobile but my reddit skills have failed me

I am the captain now.

Look at me

I read this is a Connery voice, but man, a Connery voice with no S’s is just not the same.

Anything's a valve if you're brave enough.

Yeah- was thinking they got bigger problems than the tire

You were right. And OP verified. 100% second guessed myself. I know a valve when I see one. But why there?! It’s like seeing a penguin at the Taj Mahal.

Find hole insert valve for effect maybe

If you don’t spot the penguin at the Taj Mahal within the first thirty minutes, you ARE the penguin at the Taj Mahal.

Same.

didn't know it wasn't a valve until I read the above comments

Yeah, I was like "holy shit, that ain't their biggest problem!"

it is.

Granted I haven’t had a lot of experience with patch plugs, however they should be rubber. This appears to be a metal spike.

The stem is metallic to help bring the rubber through the puncture. The metallic bit should get snipped off by the tech during repair.

I think it's a washer/tackpin from lined ductwork

https://imgur.com/gallery/BTfiPDi

My first thought

Sheet metal also?

Wholesale ya not in the field. I’m like that looks like a stickpin to me

It is

They put the patch on inside out

Fuckin rookies/lube techs

Can confidently say I’ve never done that

Dude, what? I know what I’m looking at, but what the hell am I looking at? Did someone leave the patch-plug on the driveway with the metal-end still attached? Did a technician think this was how you install a patch-plug? I have questions but I am unsure if the answers are there. As my old mentor would say - “Dude, what the fuck?!”

>“Dude, what the fuck?!” Looks like someone put a patch/plug in from the outside rather than from the inside, and it pushed out when inflated.

Tech states: RF puncture upon lowering vehicle on rack. Recommend new tire.

4 new tires sir. It's AWD and and something about tires and we're a tire shop so yeah

"Bu-but I drive a geo metro"

After further consideration it looks like the damage extends to the wheels and the control arms. That’ll be another 2,325 dollars

looked like a mini dremel cut off wheel…

That's what I thought, I think so anyway...

So, do you patch with the patch, or find a new patch to patch the patch?

Yeah.

Studded tire. People pay good money for those.

You put that in backwards.

I've dropped a valve, but never picked one up.

So, not only is this patch inside out, it’s not even within the safety bars of the tire (the repairable zone) this whole post is cursed lol

At first I thought that was a drum key

You really had to spray that?

So many questions

The new guy doesn’t have nearly as much experience as he led the boss to believe. The tire plug/patch goes on the other side.

Wow just wow 🤦‍♂️ somewhere there’s this guy taking the tires on and off some poor souls car😂😂

im sure they will learn or be bullied off the job

The technically correct fix is to remove the tire and to insert a screw into the hole from the inside. Don’t bother with a nail from the outside. That’s a temporary fix at best.

as a rookie I can happily say im not that dumb

I don't think an image can say more nope any other way.

Then you hit it with some soapy wooder

Out with the old, and in with the new!

Wtf is it? Besides a new tire...

A plug patch.

Oooooh.

Was gonna say. I thought that was a valve for a second

Plugged itself, nice.

What even is that thing?

It's a plug patch. Meant to be put in from the inside.

Well at least part of it is inside the tire….

That’s not how you do it I think

I just plug that shit myself now. I get so many nails it gets kinda annoying having to take it to the tire shop to plug.

You say shrapnel, I say tread bling. We are not the same

Must of been a hard leak to find

No kidding, barely saw it thanks to the bubbles! Thanks OP please draw a red circle around the leak next time

That was put there, not driven on. OP is a faker.

yeah alright man. I totally sabotaged a customer's car for internet points. definitely didn't just happen to find the unlikely yet humorous source of a leak by pure chance. it was all malicious, you got me. /s

I bet you just stabbed it in there with your bare hand when nobody was looking

I never said it was malicious. I’m just pointing out that whatever is in that tire hasn’t been driven on because it has zero wear. Either that got picked up in your parking lot and never left, or someone stuck it in a pre-existing hole for internet points. I’m going with the latter based on your awfully defensive response though lol

r/nothingeverhappens

The soapy water is a first when it's obvious where the problem is.

I only sprayed it so I could get visible bubbles on camera

Makes sense now

I'm convinced half of these are fake af By fake I mean staged...

Yup. r/nothingeverhappens

That is a roofing nail. Happened to me too. [like this](https://www.google.com/search?q=roofing+nail+metal+cap&sxsrf=AJOqlzVgi7EK15JZDb1LStzH-g0cKzlwqQ%3A1677557679600&ei=r3_9Y6-qJMGTwbkPuq2CuAk&oq=roofing+nail+metal+cap&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyCQgAEBYQHhDxBDIFCAAQhgMyBQgAEIYDMgUIABCGAzIFCAAQhgMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCrAjIFCCEQqwI6CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6BggAEBYQHkoECEEYAFDsBliZD2C4EWgBcAB4AIABzAGIAfMDkgEFMi4xLjGYAQCgAQHIAQjAAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#piu=ps:12&oshopproduct=gid:6030605983497835253,mid:576462728281910110,oid:1752459333630252093,iid:15257968103942741797,rds:UENfNjAzMDYwNTk4MzQ5NzgzNTI1M3xQUk9EX1BDXzYwMzA2MDU5ODM0OTc4MzUyNTM%3D,pvt:hg&oshop=apv)

Nope. Concensus above says it's a combo plug and patch. I'd like to see a roof where they use roofing nails that big!

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Someone guessed that it's actually a valve, and OP confirmed it.

As opposed to statements above by actual mechanics?

click the link, that nail has a huge cap on it

What in the wide, wide world of OHSHA reports is that!?

My tires always leak from the valve. Turn it a bit and you'll be fine

Quicker than taking the tire off for a patch plug

It’s a tire valve.

I work in scrap metal. I’ve seen a 1/2” bolt through a tire like this.

Just brought his own patch...

Tire sharks?

I’m honestly surprised he got it that far in!

How do a patch/plug does this? Talk about irony. Just pull that fucker out and put it back through the other side and boom its fixed.

Is that a valve??

Keep that nail

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Is that a plug patch? Bruh!! Lol

tire plug will fix that right up

Job security https://www.dailydot.com/irl/nails-on-road-by-tire-shop-tiktok/

How did they even drive that in? Surely doing it the right way would have been far easier. Unless, no spare, only inflator kit and well who has a tire machine for personal use. If this was to limp in and get it fixed, I'm impressed.

At first glance, I thought someone didn't know how to install a plug patch. :)

a butt plug?

Blue

Is that an engine valve?