Nail in tyre..!

[mark09]

Tyre pressure sensor come on yesterday and went to blow up the tyres and noticed 1 of the rear tyre was very low pressure!

After bit of investigation notice nail in the tyre.....aggghh

Question....can this be easy repaired or am I looking at a new tyre?

Do u guys go to places like kwik fit or ATS alike? Not fan of these places as I don't think there always honest.

[dirtymonkey29]

Depends where the nail is, if it's a run flat or not. I use a local tyre fitter for tyres and balancing, I'd use the same place for punctures. They use a torque wrench for tightening up the wheel nuts. Kwik fit are terrible for using air tools and stripping out the flutes on the lock nuts

[mark09]

Yeah run flats

Think I take it to BMW - take ya eyes out but least they have the right tools!

[X5Sport]

I had a 1/4" diameter piece of steel through my OSF, centre of the tread, and the local tyre guys removed the tyre and patched it and rebalanced it. £16.75

Had them hand tighten and 'nip up' the bolts, then I loosened and re-torqued them when I got home. I never let any workshop use air tools on my wheels!!

They're not 'supposed' to fix RFTs but this one had done only 8 miles on the RFT system. If it hadn't been fixable then I would have used the BMW Tyre Insurance I got with the car.